Every Day Is Mother's Day

Evelyn Axona is a medium by trade; her daughter, Muriel, is a half-wit by nature. Barricaded in their crumbling house, surrounded by the festering rubbish of years, they defy the curiosity of their neighbors and their social worker, Isabel Field. Isabel is young and inexperienced and has troubles of her own: an elderly father who wanders the streets, and a lover, Colin, who wants her to run away with him. But Colin has three horrible children and a shrill wife who is pregnant again - how is he going to run anywhere? As Isabel wrestles with her own problems, a horrible secret grows in the darkness of the Axon household. When at last it comes to light, the result is by turns hilarious and terrifying.

©1985 Hilary Mantel

good and weird

I am in the midst of the Mantel catalog! This reminded me of Jackson's 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle"

cool.

I could not finish

I just could not finish listening to this. The narration was good but I loathed all the characters and wished them all to die in one big fiery car crash.