Veronica Hamperclips and her Adventures Beyond The Washbasin
[The novel tells the story of Veronica 'Ronnie' Hamperclips, who has been tumbled by her demeaning and mean-spirited husband into having more children than she wanted. Now it seems she is ceaselessly spending her days at the washbasin, cleaning a neverending supply of dirty things. She escapes this when she solves the unsolvable riddle of the almost disturbingly handsome faerie prince, Rigel. Whisked to a world of faerie court politics and duels, Ronnie has a marvellous time, and doesn't miss her damn children or her awful husband one bit. This is escapist fantasy, treacle potboiling of the treacliest variety, and it is glorious.]