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It's Christmas Eve at 14 Camberley Road, North London. The Townsend children have hung up the last strand of tinsel and now, in the firelight, all is softly aglow, with the magic and mystery of Christmas... Anfd then - oh no! - their mother staggers home. Caroline Townsend, ex-beauty, failed actress, divorcee, and almost alcoholic, is fighting drunk (as usual) and has just been jilted by her lover, Bart. Will Christmas be doomed again this year? One thing's for sure: it's time for desperate measures. Wildly funny, completely original, and full of insights about marriage, adolescence and the lethal defences we all use to hide our needy selves, Mothertime is worth a decade of psychotherapy and is far more entertaining.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I first read this novel about ten years ago, lent the copy and lost it. Recently I bought it again and found it still to be an enthralling plot. Relevant and up to date even though a decade or so old the premise of children taking charge of their mother for her own good is a fascinating one. It was good to have a first impression turned on its head re the father - and to have it centred around the Christmas season makes it feel very close to home. Absolutely worth reading all in one go!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Ex-actress Caroline Townsend is the mother of nightmares. Her five children can only watch helplessly as she goes out binge drinking and stumbles thorugh one relationship after another. One Christmas after she has been jilted by her current boyfriend and wrecks the childrens holiday plans, they'v had enough and decide to act. Guided by the eldest child, 13 year old Vanessa, they lock her in the sauna in their basement to cure her and change her back into a normal mother again. For three months they hide her, convincing everyone that she is away on a job.
Meanwhile Caroline's ex-husband,tv presenter Robin and his new wife Suzi have plans to start a new family of their own. But things don't quite turn out the way anyone expected.
Despite the seeminlgy simple plot there is actually much more to Mothertime than meets the eye. Gillian White is brilliant at making you feel in certain ways towards the characters at the start of the story, but by the end your opinions change and you realise who the bad guys really are. You'll have to read it to see what i mean.
All in all, an absorbing, funny and entertaining read
Meanwhile Caroline's ex-husband,tv presenter Robin and his new wife Suzi have plans to start a new family of their own. But things don't quite turn out the way anyone expected.
Despite the seeminlgy simple plot there is actually much more to Mothertime than meets the eye. Gillian White is brilliant at making you feel in certain ways towards the characters at the start of the story, but by the end your opinions change and you realise who the bad guys really are. You'll have to read it to see what i mean.
All in all, an absorbing, funny and entertaining read
Format:Paperback
This book was gripping from the first page to the last, def a good read. Loved this writer so much bought over books written by her, well written.
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