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Description:
Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out ...
Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out ...
Description:
Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest worry of all: her daughter is definitely not going to fail that crucial secondary school entrance exam. Because Alice has decided to take the test in her place...With his trademark comic eye for detail, John O'Farrell has produced a funny and provocative book that will make you laugh, cry and vow never to become that sort of parent. And then you can pass it on to your seven-year-old, because she really ought to be reading grown-up novels by now...
Author Biography:
John O'Farrell is the bestselling author of two previous novels, The Best A Man Can Get and This is Your Life, and a memoir, Things Can Only Get Better. His name has flashed past at the end of such productions as Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, Chicken Run and Grumpy Old Men. He writes a weekly column in the Guardian which has been published in two collections, Global Village Idiot and I Blame the Scapegoats. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest worry of all: her daughter is definitely not going to fail that crucial secondary school entrance exam. Because Alice has decided to take the test in her place...With his trademark comic eye for detail, John O'Farrell has produced a funny and provocative book that will make you laugh, cry and vow never to become that sort of parent. And then you can pass it on to your seven-year-old, because she really ought to be reading grown-up novels by now...
Author Biography:
John O'Farrell is the bestselling author of two previous novels, The Best A Man Can Get and This is Your Life, and a memoir, Things Can Only Get Better. His name has flashed past at the end of such productions as Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, Chicken Run and Grumpy Old Men. He writes a weekly column in the Guardian which has been published in two collections, Global Village Idiot and I Blame the Scapegoats. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
| Autor | O'farrell, John |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2006 |
| Kirjastus | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 400 |
| Pikkus | 198 |
| Laius | 198 |
| Keel | English |
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