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'A darkly funny, pun filled satire on yummy mummy culture, with humanity at its heart'.
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All women want to kill their husbands some of the time "Where there's a will, I intend to be in it," wives half-joke to each other. Marriage, it would appear, is a fun-packed frivolous hobby, only occasionally resulting in death. But when Jazz Jardine is arrested for her husband's murder, the joke falls flat. Life should begin at 40 - not with life imprisonment for killing your spouse. Jazz, stay-at-home mum and domestic goddess; Hannah, childless career woman; and Cassie, demented working mother of two are three ordinary women. Their record collections are classical, not criminal. Cassie and Hannah set out immediately to prove their best friend's innocence, uncovering betrayal, adultery, plot twists, thinner thighs and toy boys aplenty en route but will their friendship survive these ever darker revelations? Sexy, funny and wise, Kathy Lette's irresistible new novel is about women not Having It All But Doing It All. It's about how today's mother is often a married lone parent. It's about the fact that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was vacuuming. This is Kathy Lette at her brilliant best, casting her trade mark caustic eye on what goes on in the bedrooms and kitchens of ordinary married couples. A novel which will strike a cord with married women everywhere and ensure that, from now on, they all read the small print on their marriage licenses.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my first Kathy Lette book and I wasn't sure what to expect. I am only half way through but had to share how funny i found it in places. I have had to reread some of the lines again because they have really tickled me! However, I find the charachter Hannah quite annoying and cliched. Some bits have been laugh out loud funny and some have just been plain irritating. I also found some of the language choices quite bizarre and didn't fit into the story. It seemed words like "expropriated" and other longwinded words were put in just to demonstrate that she knew what they meant and didn't help with the lighthearted approach to the story.
I would buy a Kathy Lette book again for the humour!
I would buy a Kathy Lette book again for the humour!
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This was the first book I bought by Kathy Lette; I bought it because the title drew me in and I love it. I've read it a couple of times now and it never gets boring.
It's so funny for half of the book and yet pretty sad and heart-wrenching in the other half. It's really down to earth and you can relate to it - none of the plot has ever happened to me, thank God but I really felt like it had when I read this. I actually cried at points in it. It was my first experience in contemporary and chick literature but I really liked it. Please at least try this book and I'm sure you'll like it.
It's so funny for half of the book and yet pretty sad and heart-wrenching in the other half. It's really down to earth and you can relate to it - none of the plot has ever happened to me, thank God but I really felt like it had when I read this. I actually cried at points in it. It was my first experience in contemporary and chick literature but I really liked it. Please at least try this book and I'm sure you'll like it.
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Awful essay of clichés. Almost embarrassing and depressing. Every turn of the page I kept thinking "noo, it couldn't get worse.." and every time I was WRONG!
Highly unadvisable.
Highly unadvisable.
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One out of three ain't good
Oh dear. The good news: for the price of one book, you get three books rolled into one. The bad news: two of the books are rubbish! Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jemma S
Brilliant, hilarious and heart wrenching. Sense of humour is a must!!
This book is brilliant, i do not normally like Chick lit at all (preferring murder/crime novels) and only read it at the badgering of a friend. It is fantastic!! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tillee
Monstrously hilarious!!!
This is a fantastic read. As a thirty something, married forever with two small anchors, actually one not quite so small, (doesn't time fly) myself, I found I could totally relate... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Rebecca Rafique-King
Loved it
This book being the first Kathy Lette book I have read and thoroughly enjoyed. It was the title that caught my eye (chic lit is not my usual genre of book). Read more
Published 22 months ago by Nuttyslack
Not as described
described as in v good condition and it was far from that - bought it as a pressie and had to go out and buy another!
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Kf Prinn
Great and Easy Read
Kathy Lette obviously writes what every woman is thinking when it comes to being a mother and a wife. This book certainly kept me entertained. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2009 by Mrs. H. J. Larter
Hilarious
I read this and my face hurt I laughed so much. Proper belly laughing in front of bemused strangers! The negative reviews are not justified, if you have a sense of humour read it!
Published on 16 Oct 2009 by J. Thompson
The worst book I've ever read!!!! (and I've read a lot of books)
I used to like this author and was looking forwards to a traditional 'chic lit'. It was like reading a bad joke book. Have never given up on a book but wish I had. Read more
Published on 2 Oct 2009 by Ms. Laura E. Taylor
How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints)
I bought this on my husbands account this is a review from Elaine Hargate. I have never read such dribble&rubbish in my life! Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2009 by Mr. R. HARGATE
gripping
Don't believe some of the negative feedbacks here.
I too wasn't getting into the story for the first, say, 25 pages, but as the story unfolded itself, I got addicted to... Read more
I too wasn't getting into the story for the first, say, 25 pages, but as the story unfolded itself, I got addicted to... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by Le Tigre
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