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A holiday in the sun with your family - just what you want, or the last thing you need?
For single parent Tessa, it's going to be a perfect time for some much-needed mother-daughter bonding. And you never know, she might even get a holiday romance out of it. Yeah, right.
For Felicity, glamorous career woman, absentee mother and distracted wife, it's going to be an endurance test, especially as her husband Cliff's ghastly family have come too.
For the staff at the resort, it looks like justanother boring fortnight in paradise.
But then disaster strikes and everyone is stranded on the island. And that's when things really start to get interesting...
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Annabel Giles is a TV and radio personality and bestselling author. She has appeared on many different shows including THIS MORNING, SHOOTING STARS, LOOSE ENDS and JUST A MINUTE. She wrote and produced a sell-out show at the Edinburgh Festival, LOOKING FOR MR GILES. She has two children and lives in Chiswick, London. This is her second novel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful novel written with great humour, the perfect book to take on holiday with you.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this latest offering having been a big fan of 'Birthday Girls' which was given to me as a present earlier this year and I found much more enjoyable. Vaguely unbelievable characters and little depth, this was a mediocre read. Ok for easy reading on the beach as it chugs along reasonably but definitely not one that you have to read in one sitting. Try birthday girls for a bit more of an inspiring read - albeit still requiring a temporary suspension of disbelief!
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I bought this book after having thoroughly enjoyed Giles's two other offerings (Birthday Girls & Charlotte Small)........and sadly I was very disappointed. The action takes place in a supposedly upmarket holiday retreat on an unspecified european island, yet the pained dialogue limps and meanders meaninglessly, much of it reading like a VERY bad script from a "Hi De Hi" type television series.
Nothing convinced.............the holiday accommodation was badly drawn and could never quite make up it's mind if it was an upper class hotel with all facilities or a Bargain Butlins Break Skeggy-style!
The characters were all 2 dimensional stereotypes and all as dull as ditchwater. I kept hoping that things would get better in Part 2 of the book (when due to a bizarre and totally unbelievable series of events the happy campers end up marooned in the resort). Great, I thought, now all these cardboard people will bloom and develop along with the plot...........didn't happen..........everyone carried on having dull, trite conversations with their dull, trite lovers/mothers/brother/friends right down to the very last page.
I felt this was a book ground out through gritted teeth simply to meet a publishers contract and deadline - normally Giles writes with her own authentic voice, but that voice was missing in this one.
I have a sanctity thing about books - always choosing to keep them for repeat reading or sharing good books with friends and acquaintances (we live in France so English language books are a luxury) but this one is going on the bonfire, I wouldn't re-read it myself and wouldn't insult any one I know by lending it to them!
Nothing convinced.............the holiday accommodation was badly drawn and could never quite make up it's mind if it was an upper class hotel with all facilities or a Bargain Butlins Break Skeggy-style!
The characters were all 2 dimensional stereotypes and all as dull as ditchwater. I kept hoping that things would get better in Part 2 of the book (when due to a bizarre and totally unbelievable series of events the happy campers end up marooned in the resort). Great, I thought, now all these cardboard people will bloom and develop along with the plot...........didn't happen..........everyone carried on having dull, trite conversations with their dull, trite lovers/mothers/brother/friends right down to the very last page.
I felt this was a book ground out through gritted teeth simply to meet a publishers contract and deadline - normally Giles writes with her own authentic voice, but that voice was missing in this one.
I have a sanctity thing about books - always choosing to keep them for repeat reading or sharing good books with friends and acquaintances (we live in France so English language books are a luxury) but this one is going on the bonfire, I wouldn't re-read it myself and wouldn't insult any one I know by lending it to them!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
When crisis strikes, chaos will reign...
I picked this up on a whim over the summer for a bit of light holiday reading - but naturally, got sidetracked by other books and ended up reading it in blustery November! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Miss E. Potten
I am really unsure.....
Having never read any of Annabel Giles work and having been given this by a friend I decided to give it a go. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2009 by Best Books To Read
An average read.
Started off promisingly and seemed to be a fairly good send up of all-inclusive style holidays. However, I thought further on into the book that the story was a bit pointless and... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2003 by bijsterbjo
An intelligent and entertaining read...
The author manages to bring her characters to life and keep them real at the same time. A book about ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances -the stuff... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2003
Holiday from Hell?????
A plot with a difference. Could not put the book down. However, its a little confusing with all the characters trying to remember who was who but the story is so different that... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2003
Beach Fun
A great beach read, very funny and touching at the same time. Beats most of the books i have read this summer A lively read and a great way to while away some sun tanning moments. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by Emma H
Even my husband enjoyed it
Fab holls, made better by fab books of which this took first prize, a great read from cover to cover. Even my husband admitted enjoying it despite the 'girly cover'!
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by A. Drew
A Huge Laugh
Such a laugh, and at times just a little closer to my own real life holiday experiences than is comfortable! I read it in 2 days and would read it again given the time. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by Miss B.
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