- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan (18 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 140502108X
- ISBN-13: 978-1405021081
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 592,026 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the celebrated author of the non-fiction bestseller LIFE AFTER BIRTH, a novel of life as a menopausal mum, and a teenage dirt bag...
Book Description
Sue is a 45-year-old GP, trying hard to marry work and family life while coping with the symptoms of her encroaching menopause. Her daughter Frankie, is just 14, beautiful and fun, but also at the age of swift change when teenagers can be at their least attractive, focused only on clothes, friends and boys. As Sue remembers all the agonies and ecstasies of her own teenage years , Frankie is both excited and aghast at hers - and can't decide whether her mother is to be her enemy or her best friend. And meanwhile, Sue's husband Matthew is exhibiting his own signs of mid-life crisis, buying a motor bike and flirting with Frankie's friends. Poor Frankie is stuck between a mother who tries desperately to bond with her in the changing rooms of Top Shop, and her father, who will insist of being his own version of a hip young man. And then Sue discovers she's pregnant... Told in the form of e mails from Sue to her sister, and the inimitable voice of Frankie in her diary, this is a lovely, wry novel which looks, with a refreshing twist, at life at its most challenging stages.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The book is based on a 14 year old girl writing her diary over a period of a year and her mother writing about the same year to her sister.
It tackles the issues of how teenagers think the world revolves around them and how unfair everything is.
After 2 pages....i was hooked!! Someone had been spying on my daughter and myself!!
I saw my daughter in a completely different light, I had forgotten how it is to be a teenager, when you have issues regarding school, friends and bra sizes. Let alone the added stress of parents arguing and annoying siblings.
This is so easy to read, that you could easily put it down and pick it up a few days later.....i was just unable to put it down!!
One of the best reads in a long time.
It tackles the issues of how teenagers think the world revolves around them and how unfair everything is.
After 2 pages....i was hooked!! Someone had been spying on my daughter and myself!!
I saw my daughter in a completely different light, I had forgotten how it is to be a teenager, when you have issues regarding school, friends and bra sizes. Let alone the added stress of parents arguing and annoying siblings.
This is so easy to read, that you could easily put it down and pick it up a few days later.....i was just unable to put it down!!
One of the best reads in a long time.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm 12 years old and got this book for christmas as my dad had heard of this book off amazon. COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. it was so exciting and refered to me. Havent let my mum read it yet but i'm sure she'll enjoy. Can't wait for What About Me Too? to come out.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
bought the book not having heard of Kate Figes. Very enjoyable read - got hooked within a page. Very moving, amusing, true to life, poignant. Passed it on to my 14 year old daughter who really enjoyed it too. My friend has also read it and passed it on to her 15 year old daughter - both enjoyed it. WELL WORTH READING and can't wait to read 'What about me too?' Kate Figes seems to be talented as fiction writer and self-help books!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
If you think yours is the only home where `teen spirit and mid life...
Like the author, I lived through the 'one teen and one tween' daughter days, and survived, I was relieved to see that other mums had the same fears, frustrations and moments of... Read more
Published 11 months ago by DMH
Fantastic read
This book literally jumped off the shelf at me whilst I was out shopping one day. I started reading as soon as I got home and I couldn't put it down. Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2006 by S. Messer
Really down to earth
It was a gripping read. I had read both "What about me?" and "What about me, too?" in 3 days as I couldn't put them down. Read more
Published on 7 May 2006 by Sarah Eaton
What about a sequel
My mum bought this and she said it was great it didn't really stand out to me especially when she said it was diary and e-mails. Read more
Published on 9 Aug 2005 by H. Wilkinson
Raging Hormones
This book should be issued to all girls on their 13th Birthday and every woman on the brink of the menopause! Read more
Published on 23 May 2005 by petleg
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