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"Why can't you just grow up?" chorus the kids on the way home from yet another party at which Dick and Patsy have made an exhibition of themselves, gyrating wildly to "La Bamba" and clearing the dance floor with their contortions during Gloria Gaynor's "I will survive". Can't family life be cringey?
Emotionally exhausting, too, when the eldest daughter is lying upstairs in a sea of damp Kleenex, weeping into her mobile after being dumped by her boyfriend Giles, and son Jamie is upsetting all the family's old ...
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UK 2002 Hardcover 1st Edition New in new dust jacket. This twice SIGNED, mint, unread, First English Edition hardback, John Murray, 2002, has a mint, unclipped dust jacket that ... is now protected in an extra, bespoke, clear acid-free slipcover. Both the author and the Illustrator have SIGNED the title page with bold flourishes. The cover is turquoise cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, with turquoise end papers. There are 46 wonderfully observed tongue-in-cheek drawings that jump out of the page. The book size is 5.75" h with 8.75" h with 96 pages. ISBN 0-7195-6231-7. ( This is a wonderful follow-up of ARIMINTA'S WEDDING which Sue Macartney-Snape illustrated with such aplomb! Boudicca's Books. ) 'Why can't you just grow up? ' chorus the kids on the way home from yet another party at which Dick and Patsy have made an exhibition of themselves, gyrating wildly to La Bamba and clearing the dance floor with their contortions during Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". Isn't family life cringey? Emotionally exha Read more Show Less

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"Why can't you just grow up?" chorus the kids on the way home from yet another party at which Dick and Patsy have made an exhibition of themselves, gyrating wildly to "La Bamba" and clearing the dance floor with their contortions during Gloria Gaynor's "I will survive". Can't family life be cringey?
Emotionally exhausting, too, when the eldest daughter is lying upstairs in a sea of damp Kleenex, weeping into her mobile after being dumped by her boyfriend Giles, and son Jamie is upsetting all the family's old Australian friends with his louche behaviour on his gap year in Sydney.
In the book their fans have been waiting for, Victoria Mather and Sue Macartney-Snape introduce a new cast of deliciously recognizable characters, from Serena the Flirt and her current prey Roderick ("Running the Deutsche Gremlin Bank must be so exciting"), to Abigail the Terrible Flatmate, with her cabbage soup diet and greying bras draped across the bath.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780719562310
  • Publisher: Murray, John Publishers, Limited
  • Publication date: 12/28/2002
  • Pages: 96
  • Product dimensions: 6.54 (w) x 8.66 (h) x 0.56 (d)

Table of Contents

The Economy-Class Passenger
The Gap Year Student
The Couple Moving House
The Sad Dad
The New-Born Baby
The Couple At The Gym
The Elderly Swimmer
The Driving Instructor
The Ambassadorial Couple
The Software Designer
The Obsessive Tanner
The Annual Party Givers
The Dog Handler
The Sponger
The Raconteur's Wife
The Food Allergy Sufferer
The Party Waitress
Parents At The Nativity Play
The Modern Art Curator
The Home Tutor
The Hen Night
The Newly Retired Husband
The Flirt
The Bridge Players
The Prep School Farewell
The Politically Correct Vicar
The Mother At Rock
The Gossips
The Terrible Flatmate
The Minor Stately Home Owners
The Summer Intern
The Fathers' Race
The Sloth
The Schoolgirl Model
The Dental Patient
Gentlemen's Club Member
The Caravanners
The Jilted Girlfriend
The Man Packing The Boot
The Pony Club Official
The Irish Aristocrat
The Woman With The Filthy Car
The Family Skiing Holiday
The Yoga Fanatic.
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