Mrs. Whippy
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Mrs Whippy is a Novella
By Cecelia Ahern
. It is the story of Emelda, a middle-aged housewife and mother. Her husband Maxwell Holt (Mr Whippy) has left her for a younger woman (a 23-year-old dancer) and she is struggling to bring up her children. The book was written for charity and details Emelda's struggle to regain her self esteem and get on with her life.
Her five difficult sons worship their father and blame Emelda for his leaving them. On top of everything else she has to struggle with a new job at the local supermarket
where she ends up working with her eldest son's girlfriend. For comfort she turns to her one true friend - ice cream.
Emelda views most of the big moments in her life as being associated with ice cream, and the arrival of the Mr. Whippy ice cream van
playing Greensleeves
, on one of her darkest days brings her back to her childhood and leads her on the path to regaining her confidence and eventually taking on her husband.
Theatre in late October 2008. This is to be Cecelia Ahern's first work for the theatre.
Novella
A novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
By Cecelia Ahern
Cecelia Ahern
Cecelia Ahern is an Irish novelist, since 2004. In addition to publishing several novels, she has also contributed a number of short stories to various anthologies, for which all her royalties go to charity.Ahern also created and produced the ABC comedy Samantha Who? starring Christina Applegate...
. It is the story of Emelda, a middle-aged housewife and mother. Her husband Maxwell Holt (Mr Whippy) has left her for a younger woman (a 23-year-old dancer) and she is struggling to bring up her children. The book was written for charity and details Emelda's struggle to regain her self esteem and get on with her life.
Her five difficult sons worship their father and blame Emelda for his leaving them. On top of everything else she has to struggle with a new job at the local supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
where she ends up working with her eldest son's girlfriend. For comfort she turns to her one true friend - ice cream.
Emelda views most of the big moments in her life as being associated with ice cream, and the arrival of the Mr. Whippy ice cream van
Ice cream van
An ice cream van or ice cream truck is a commercial vehicle which serves as a travelling retail outlet for ice cream, usually during the summer. Ice cream vans are often seen parked at public events, or near parks, beaches, or other areas where people congregate...
playing Greensleeves
Greensleeves
"Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of...
, on one of her darkest days brings her back to her childhood and leads her on the path to regaining her confidence and eventually taking on her husband.
Theatre production
On September 17, 2008, it was announced that City Theatre Dublin, in conjunction with MCD, would be developing a stage version of Mrs. Whippy with former Glenroe actress Mary McEvoy in the lead role, set to run in Dublin's Liberty HallLiberty Hall
Liberty Hall , in Dublin, Ireland is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union...
Theatre in late October 2008. This is to be Cecelia Ahern's first work for the theatre.