Helen Fielding, "Luckybitch"

An older woman with a penchant for fast livin’ falls down in her bathroom and can’t get up.

(from Speaking With The Angel)

This is a funny, somewhat cartoonish though occasionally very plausible, story about an old woman’s pride and diminishing prowess. I read this review which claims the author has contempt for her character but I didn’t get that at all. She was treated with equal parts dignity and humanity and that’s about all any of us can hope for.
She’s definitely an example of the Mona Complex. Named after Mona Robinson from Who’s The Boss, this refers to any older or otherwise classically undesirable character who is regarded as absurdly sexually viable by herself/himself, surrounding characters and/or the creaters of the fiction world in which the character lives. Other famous Monas include Sam Malone (Cheers), Suzanne Sugarbaker (Designing Women), Sandra Clarke (227) and, perhaps the finest of them all, Blanche Devereaux (The Golden Girls). Your call on Fonzie.

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