Monica Moran was not the woman she used to be. Or rather she was not just the woman she used to be. She was at least one other woman as well and their combined weight sat heavily on her overburdened bones. Where her breasts had been generous twenty years ago, they were now magnanimous, munificent...she leaned forward to negotiate the bottom step and Bernadette couldn't help clucking in disapproval. If that cleavage was any closer to the ground you could stand a bicycle in it. Twenty years ago, when Father Barry ruled the Tullabeg roost, Bernadette Teegan and Monica Moran vied for his attention. Then Monica went away and life settled down. Now Monica is back. And Bernadette has no intention of making hers a happy visit. She has plans to snare the most eligible bachelor in town, Cormac Hegarty, Estate Agent, and keep nephew Michael's soul (and overalls) spotless. But Monica has plans too! A comedy of errors, misdirection and cross-wired agendas, "Toppling Miss April" is a triumph of flesh over fantasy, when menopause is just a pause between men and experience counts for everything.
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"...great opening, clever plotting and lovely characterisation. I was laughing out loud." -- Marina Oliver
"A laugh-out-loud screwball comedy featuring lust, mistaken identity and knitting. This is humour sized 44FF: uncontainably funny." -- Meg Gardiner Shreve crime fiction author for Hodder and Stoughton
"Full of wonderful characters... I laughed out loud!" -- Jan Simpson
'At last - a REAL book for real women who've lived long enough to know that love is never perfect.' -- Sharon Kendrick Mills and Boon
‘A melange of hilarious misunderstandings and risqué innuendo, which makes it a pleasure to read.’ -- Ireland on Sunday
"A laugh-out-loud screwball comedy featuring lust, mistaken identity and knitting. This is humour sized 44FF: uncontainably funny." -- Meg Gardiner Shreve crime fiction author for Hodder and Stoughton
"Full of wonderful characters... I laughed out loud!" -- Jan Simpson
'At last - a REAL book for real women who've lived long enough to know that love is never perfect.' -- Sharon Kendrick Mills and Boon
‘A melange of hilarious misunderstandings and risqué innuendo, which makes it a pleasure to read.’ -- Ireland on Sunday
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Adrienne Dines was born in Dublin in 1959, graduated from Trinity College in 1981, and currently resides in Weybridge Surrey. Toppling Miss April is her second novel, written in response to the observation that her first, which was about a nun, didn't have any naughty bits. Toppling Miss April has no nuns.
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A zany, intelligent farce, reminiscent of Tom Sharpe's outrageous comic novels. Perhaps not one to give to your granny or the vicar, but if you're looking for well-written comedy with memorable, original characters, this hits the spot.
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A slice of oddball Irish life, Toppling Miss April is sort of Father Ted meets Dangerous Liaisons. The story takes place in Tullabeg, where reedy parish housekeeper Bernadette Teegan annoys her boss, henpecks her teenaged nephew, and seeks true love. She sets her sights on the town's most eligible bachelor, and is on her way to winning him - at least by her own delusional lights - when an old rival returns to town: Monica Moran, a woman of Falstaffian dimension and appetites. From there the characters embark on various schemes to seduce the objects of their desire and thwart their foes, a series of comic misunderstandings that could be subtitled Love Among the Myopic. The fun lies in the fact that they're blind to their ineptitude; they see themselves as connivers of Machiavellian genius, when in reality none of them could work their way out of a Su Doku square.
Adrienne Dines writes with comic panache and with empathy for her bungling villagers. Their malice is hapless, their seductions innocent. The resolution will leave you laughing. Great fun.
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Really enjoyed this book, the characters seemed almost real. Idon't know if i have ever laughed so much whilst reading a book!
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Categorically the worst book I have ever read
This book was truly the worst book I have ever read! I am definitely not a prude but found a fifty year old man & woman vying for the sexual affections of an 18 year boy grossly... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eve
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Complete Farce!
This was so different from Adrienne Dines other titles that I have read, the Jigsaw Maker and Soft Voices Whispering, both of which I enjoyed more than this one. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2007 by LindyLouMac
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A comedy of errors
I have enjoyed Adrienne Dines other two novels very much, and this was - although quite different in some ways, no disappointment. Read more
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Never Judge A Person By Their Toothbrush!
There is a quote on the back of this book that says "A comedy of errors...", well, thats putting it mildly!!!!!
The story centres around 2 women...Monica & Bernadette. Read more
The story centres around 2 women...Monica & Bernadette. Read more
Published on 25 Jan 2007 by Vikki T
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A Raucous Irish Comedy
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PG Woodhouse rides again
Ireland's answer to PG Woodhouse! Loved it. The Riordans and Ballykissangel all rolled into one glorious feel good fantasy. Read more
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