This book claims to be a light hearted look at relationships between different generations. In reality it is about a child who's parents can't be bothered to help him understand death and funerals and have no interest in looking after his education or welfare leaving him with a totally unsuitable care giver for a day. The book suggests that a child being forced to spend the day with an old woman who despite claiming to be very keen on manners is downright rude to him for the whole day. Worse still the vicious old woman thinks it is acceptable (and the book doesn't lead the reader to disagree) to lock a puppy in a room were he is constantly screamed at by (which I think is why it is supposed to be funny) a foul mouthed parrot. The end result of this is that the puppy is left as a quivering wreck, which the book suggests is fine because he's much more obedient now. I wouldn't let my children read it and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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