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The Family Way [Audio Download]

by Tony Parsons (Author), Samantha Bond (Narrator)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
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  • Audio Download
  • Listening Length: 3 hours and 53 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Abridged
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • Audible Release Date: 6 Jun 2005
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SQ7S4A
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)

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A hard-working trainee doctor, Megan Jewell, finds herself accidentally pregnant. She wants a baby one day, but God, not now! Can Megan really bring a baby into the world when she can hardly look after herself?

Megan's happily married sister Jessica wants a baby: immediately. But her husband Paolo is worried. He loves his wife and he sees what a baby is doing to his brother's marriage.

Cat Jewell, the oldest sister, is scarred by the memory of their mother walking out. She wants a baby...maybe. But what's a girl to do when the man in her life has seen and done it all before? Rory already has a teenage son. The last thing he wants is to start changing nappies.

Tony Parsons shows us once again the dilemmas and decisions that confront men today.

Modern-day relationships are tested in this very realistic, contemporary story about procreation and new life.

©2004 Tony Parsons; (P)2004 HarperCollins UK

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Family Way is about three sisters ranging from their mid 20s to 30s, pregnancy and children. Oldest sister Cat more or less brought up her siblings when her mother left and doesn't want children of her own...or does she? Mid-sister Jessica meanwhile has a loving husband but they can't manage to conceive whereas the academically-gifted youngest sibling Megan becomes pregnant after a one-night stand. The Family Way reflects their different attitudes towards motherhood though it is also, as much as this, an illustration of the very strong bond between the three siblings.

Tony Parsons' fourth novel is good with the author being one of the very best writers on modern families and their relationships and values, albeit with sentimental and arguably reactionary undertones. The downside of this though is that, having read Parsons' previous three novels, The Family Way continues the trend of slowly diminishing returns. It would be great to see Parsons try something stylistically or emotionally different like his near contemporary Nick Hornby has with both How To Be Good and A Long Way Down rather than ploughing the same artistic furrow.

The Family Way is still a good, contemporary lifestyle novel though the author's unchanging prose style and subject matter is beginning to get a bit tiresome.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
After reading most of his other books and enjoying them all,looked forward to reading this one too, similar in style and just as good. Tony Parsons manages to write from a women's point of view very well too.The only downside is that its quite easy to read and is over too quickly and wants you wanting another book to find out how the characters manage with the next stage of their lives.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Tony Parsons asks on the back of his book 'can a modern woman really find happiness without ever being in the family way?' According to him, the answer is no. All three of his main characters, even the one who does not want children, get pregnant and it becomes the best thing that has ever happened to him. The characters are utterly unbelievable and kind of pathetic. Does he really think women are this way? If you are a woman, whether or not you have children, I can't imagine you will put down this book without feeling hard done by. I have not read any of Parson's other books but this has put me off. He clearly doesn't understand women and, judging by some of his other titles (Man and Wife, One for my Baby), he seems to think all that women are interested in is starting a family, not so. Very dissapointing.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A huge disapointment.
I've read his first three novels, they were enjoyable to read and I thought that I would give this one a shot. I have only read a third of this tripe and that was a struggle. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Winstone
Patronising and boring
I was extremely disappointed with this book. Tony Parson's views on women seem more than a little sexist, and certainly one dimensional. Read more
Published 10 months ago by IK
Absorbing!
I started reading this book on a long coach journey and had to pace myself not to finish it before the journey was over. Read more
Published 17 months ago by M. J. Tilley
Disappointing
Having read many Tony Parsons books I decided to catch up with this one.

I found it hard to believe they were written by the same person who wrote Man and Boy, etc. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Bookaholic
My first Tony Parsons novel
I'd heard the name but not read anything by Tony Parsons before. I really enjoyed it and if I hadn't known that the writer was male I wouldn't necessarily have known. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by P. J. Parker
prejudices confirmed
People like having their prejudices confirmed so Tony Parsons is on to a good thing with this book. The woman who abandons her children is an actress; the Italian brothers import... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2009 by student of Russian
A bit of a letdown
I'd read Man and Boy before I picked up The Family Way and had love it, thought it was a really great read. But Family Way never really won me over. Read more
Published on 27 Feb 2009 by C. Lochhead
An interesting read.
I have read a few of Tony Parsons' books but would not describe myself as a particular fan. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. Read more
Published on 7 July 2008 by BM
The real meaning of Family
It is unusual to read novels about such emotional issues as families and parenthood that are written by men. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2008 by LindyLouMac
Terrible novel
Try as I might, I still can't stifle my perpetual yawn having read this garbage. Excited to see if the author (Tony Pratsons) improved on his other poor novels (all best sellers),... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by Billy Ray Cyrus
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