I would like the nominate Hilary Mantel's first published novel,
Every Day is Mother's Daywhich I read a little while ago. From Kobo:
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From the author of the Man Booker prize-winners Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies comes a story of suburban mayhem and merciless, hilarious revenge. Barricaded inside their house filled with festering rubbish, unhealthy smells and their secrets, the Axon family baffle Isabel Field, the latest in a long line of social workers. Isabel has other problems too: a randy, untrustworthy father and a slackly romantic lover, Colin Sidney, history teacher to unresponsive yobs and father of a parcel of horrible children. With all this to worry about, how can Isabel begin to understand what is going on in the Axon household?
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The book is by turns grim and hilarious, and Mantel's experiences as a social worker give it a feeling of authenticity.
Prices from Kobo: $US7.99, $C11.99, $A12.99, ￡3.99.
274 pages.