Walking Naked
Walking Naked by Nina Bawden, published by Macmillan in 1981, is a work of fiction that explores the complexities of life through the lens of its protagonist, Laura. As a happily married mother and successful novelist, Laura navigates her world while grappling with night terrors and the intricacies of her past. The narrative unfolds over a single day, intertwining memories, conversations, and reflections that reveal the convergence of her childhood, marriages, and both triumphs and disappointments.
Readers will find that Walking Naked delves into themes of vulnerability and self-deception as Laura’s day progresses from a tennis match played out of obligation to a gathering with old friends, culminating in a poignant visit to her son, who faces imprisonment on drug charges. This edition, comprising 221 pages, invites readers to witness Laura’s journey as she confronts unresolved conflicts and the potential for loss within her family, ultimately leading her to shed the facades she has maintained throughout her life.
Official synopsis Publisher
“Laura is happily married, a mother and a successful novelist. Although prey to night terrors, she is adept at smoothing the disorder of reality into controlled prose. Interweaving memory, conversation and reflection, Walking Naked telescopes the whole of Laura’s life – childhood, marriages, triumphs and disappointments – into a day in which the past and the present converge. It begins with a game of tennis played for duty rather than amusement and progresses, via an afternoon party of old friends, to a bewildering visit to Laura’s son, who is imprisoned on a drugs charge. At it’s close, the possibility of death within the family brings unresolved conflicts to centre stage and Laura strips herself of the posturing and self-deceit with which she has cloaked her vulnerability.”–Publisher description.
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