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Jumping the Queue
''Jumping the Queue'' (1983) is British novelist Mary Wesley´s first adult novel, published when the author was seventy years old. The story takes place mainly in Cornwall, England, and follows a middle aged widow's struggle with guilt and self-reproach after the death of her husband and her determination to jump the queue – commit suicide.
==Background==
Mary Wesley had been writing most of her life and had had two children's books published when her husband died in 1970. The years that followed were unproductive and barren〔Patrick Marnham, Wild Mary – A Life of Mary Wesley, Vintage, UK, 2007, ISBN 978-0-09-949817-9. p, 206.〕 and Wesley was troubled by poverty and grief. However, by 1977 she managed to finish the script to ''Jumping the Queue'', a book about a widow's wish to commit suicide in the wake of her husband's death. The book clearly reflects the depth of Wesley's own despair when she wrote it, and the entire work can be seen as part of the process of grieving. However, Wesley had to wait five years before she found a publisher courageous enough to accept the script, and ''Jumping the Queue'' was finally published on 28 April 1983.〔Patrick Marnham, p. 4-5.〕 After thirty-five years of writing and rejections her first adult novel had become a reality.
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