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You live in rural bliss, you've got a great job in town, and he's crazy about you. The only problem is, he's six years old. Most people would think Annie Baker had it all: an idyllic life in the country and a great job in town as a film producer. And so would she, if it weren't for the men in her life. Her son Charlie gets traumatised if she buys the wrong kind of sausages. Her tempestuous boss Barney is a Great Director, but keeps getting stuck with dog food commercials, and as for Laurence, well, he just wants to get her fired. And then she meets Mack Funny, heartbreaking, truthful and uplifting, Gil McNeil's brilliant novel will make you cry and laugh out loud.
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Review:
'A portrait of childhood to rival Roddy Doyle's and an angst-ridden love life to match Helen Fielding's You'll laugh till you cry' Glamour 'Funny and sparkling Breathless for more, you have to read it at one sitting' Ruth Rendell 'A joy: a laugh-out-loud account of Annie Baker's life and loves a heartbreaking, funny look at parenting and passion' Elle 'Imagine what might happen to Bridget Jones if she'd grown up a bit, got married, had a kid and still wasn't quite ready to give up her boozy nights out with the girls' Hello!
From the Publisher:
'Funny and sparkling ... a profoundly moving study of motherhoos and true love. Charlie is its hero, more lovable that any fictional lover, worth any sacrifice, absolutely the only boy for me. Brethless for more, you have to read it at one sitting' Ruth Rendell
'Imagine what might happen to Bridget Jones if she'd grown up a bit, got married, had a kid and still wasn't quite ready to give up her boozy nights out with the girls ... anyone who thought PADDY CLARK and Nick Hornby had cornered the market in cute kids should think again' HELLO!
'One of the most engaging portraits of childhood a since Roddy Doyle's PADDY CLARK. Funny, heartbreaking, truthful and uplifting, McNeil's brilliant first novel will make you laugh out loud' Irish News
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0747578419
- ISBN 13 9780747578413
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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