- Hardcover: 407 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (9 Nov 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316853186
- ISBN-13: 978-0316853187
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 531,180 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
* 'The most unstoppably brilliant standup'
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This volume of interconnected stories from Perrier Comedy Award-winning Jenny Eclair is a bitter-sweet collection. Each story focuses on the very different lives of a set of characters living in the same street, where happiness is a fragile thing and hairline cracks can become craters of misery.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I couldn't finish this because although Jenny Eclair is talented and a good writer, there were no redeeming features in any of the characters. They were all unpleasant and self-seeking, and there was no-one to root for, which makes it a depressing book. It's possible that redemption was to be found in the later chapters, but I couldn't plough through the nastiness to get there. It would be lovely to see Jenny Eclair's wit, talent, clever observation and good writing applied to a nicer cast.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Still, I read it in a day, because you can't deny it's clever and shrewd. I must also warn you it's incredibly crude. But I wonder how a comedian can view life from such a dark and hopeless point. The book even made me a little bit depressed. I read her second book first, which was written in a similar style, and good up to a point, the ending was really a bodge job in my opinion, looked like she got tired of her characters. The books are 'quality paperback' but I'm not touching her creations (if she writes another one) any more, they are too depressing.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book when it was originally published but only got round to reading it last week - how I wish I'd read it before!
This is a fantastic read from start to finish. Centered around 2 families, I couldn't wait to turn each page to find out what happened next - it was funny (very - had me laughing out loud!)and so realistic. Yes, the ending was not the happy turned-out-well-in-the-end one I'd have expected but hey,
that's life. I can't wait for Jenny's next book to be published.
My only disappointment - it ended too soon!
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Well worth a read!
Although there are mixed reviews on this book,i thought i would give it a go anyway. I wasnt at all dissappointed, in fact i have gone on and purchased 'Jenny Eclair's - Having a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by sara jordan
Great
This is a really funny laugh outloud story, but it is also quite dark. Somehow everyone you know is in this book. Brilliant.
Published 10 months ago by Grahame
The 1st book that made me love reading!
This book is brilliantly written, it's engaging and witty and the characters are so well created you feel that you know them personally. Read more
Published 15 months ago by amyandrea
Hilarious and Moving
Quite the funniest book I have read in years and, at the same time, moving too. The only flaw - if it is a flaw - is that at times it is hard to know who is speaking and about whom... Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2009 by Mingaladon
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A life changing journey of two friends with a macabre twist a very entertaining read
Published on 23 Sep 2009 by Kathryn E Gouda
Bitter and twisted in suburbia
"This novel of suburban carryings on is not your standard chick lit - it's far too bitter and twisted for that - 'chick noir' is the new sub-genre apparently! Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2008 by Annabel Gaskell
Clever but grim
I found this book terribly sad. What a bleak view of middle class life in South London and the ageing process, and the hatred that mothers can feel for children who don't match... Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2008 by Claire E
Refreshingly Non Chick Lit Territory
Clearly this book polarises people into two camps; love it or hate it. I was actually searching Jenny Eclair the author in the hope that she'd written something else recently, so... Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2008 by R. Harrison
a good holiday read but you wouldn't read it twice
i find jenny eclair rather amsuing and her narrative style will be familiar to anybody who has seen her live on television or on stage. Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2007 by J. Kirk
What A Nice Surprise
Normally when I read that a book is "hilarious", I avoid it like the plague, because that normally means it's anything but. I got this book reluctantly for that reason. Read more
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