Sisteria

It's only after Finchley-dwelling Jewish housewife Beverley Littlestone has spent several minutes attempting "e;to work out which was further west, Liverpool or Bristol"e; that she realises she's literally "e;been lying back and thinking of England"e; while husband Melvin "e;had been engaged in what he liked to think of as lovemaking"e;. Melvin's business skills aren't up to much either. And never have been. His latest bright idea to stave off bankruptcy involves selling "e;best-quality micro-fibre Korean toupees"e;. Mail order. Meanwhile as their 17-year-old daughter Natalie finds a cure for her Permanent Menstrual Tension in happy clappy Christianity, son Benny is trying to reclaim his foreskin using a couple of 32mm washers and some fishing weights. And then Beverley's estranged sister - a thin, evil chat show presenter, given to reducing her colonic irrigator to tears and trying to book virgins who'd been groped by vicars for her Christmas special - asks Bev to have a baby for her. Sisteria is just one of four hilarious Sue Margolis books published by Apostrophe Books.