- Paperback: 351 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press; READING CREASES, LIGHT EDGE CORNER WEAR, edition (4 July 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091881544
- ISBN-13: 978-0091881542
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,094,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`a touching and witty snapshot of family life seen through the eyes of an `average man'...Plimmer's a major new talent in `dad-lit'.
Carol Sarler - Daily Express
It's sweet-sad and hilarious. Plimmer should be applauded for a noble first novel.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nothing is more annoying to a writer than to read someone else's book and find it brilliant. This is hilariously funny in parts, and very moving at times, too - it's well observed and well written. It's a semi-fictionalised memoir, rather than a novel or straight autobiography, but it feels entirely emotionally true, which is no mean feat. I'm not in the least partisan, because I've never met the author, though I remember his comic duo stuff ['The Men who Know'] on Loose Ends. I hope he goes back to journalism quietly and leaves more space on the shelves for my books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Martin Plimmer introduces his book by introducing himslef: As a writer of "funny articles" or articles that take a "sideways look" at life he sets out that his ultimate job satisfaction would come from seeing someone laugh out loud whilst reading his work. Martin, if you'd been with me whilst I read this book you would have had job satisfaction in spades. An excellent book written in a mild but page turning style that inturn has you laughing outloud or chuckling furtively to yourself. To those of us just setting out on the family path the author provides a glimpse into our future and despite builders, au pairs, teenage kids and temptation he shows that love, life and family have a way of making it all worth while.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book - it made me laugh out loud. Plimmer seems to have captured the joy and poignancy of being a modern father - brilliantly perceptive and extremely funny!
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