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Madame Doubtfire (Paperback)

by Anne Fine (Author) "All the way up the stairs, the children fought not to carry the envelope ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin; New Ed edition (5 Jul 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140373551
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140373554
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 45,751 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look mind the children after work - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. This bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book inspired the highly successful film Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams.


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Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year; and Bill’s New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children’s Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent read for older children, 8 Oct 2003
This is a book about three children with divorced parents who hate each other, and take turns of looking after the children. When failed actor (turned nude model) Daniel has enough of only seeing his children at weekends, he disguises himself as Madame Doubtfire, and applies for the job of housekeeper - much to the delight of the children.

When Daniel ends up having to be a nude model AND Madame Doubtfire at the same time in his own house, he gets found out.....

I haven't seen the film, so can't compare the book with Mrs Doubtfire, but I thought the book was so good I kept reading ahead when we read it at school. It was very cleverly put together, although it might be hard for younger children to understand; sometimes there's too much going on at once. For older children (and adults) who can understand the complicated plot, it's an excellent read.

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A humerous but potent book. Go beyond the film..., 10 Mar 2000
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Madame Doutfire was the inspiration behind the film Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams. However, the novel takes the story to a far deeper level that the film could. It maintains a different slant and, although it is arguably less humerous than the film,it provides a deep insight into the personalities of the characters as their lives are turned topsy-turvy by a divorce. The father's desperation to see his children remains the driving force behind his extreme tactics and the love that surrounds the family is contained throughout. A cleverly structured novel which deals with family issues in a sensitive and clever. The film concentrated too much on the cross-dressing hilarity to focus on the heart of the problems. Read this and discover it!
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3 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Divorced parents at war, 24 Jun 2003
By Emma (kilburn) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Madame Doubtfire (Hardcover)
Madame Doubtfire
Published by puffin
It takes place in a large city in France.
The main characters are Lydia the oldest child Cristepher the middle child Natalie the youngest Daniel/Mrs Doubtfire there Dad Miranda Hillard there mum.
The story is about two waring divorced parents and an eldely housekeeper.
The plot of this story is miranda wants a housekeeper her ex husband dressed up as an eldely women called Mrs Doubtfire, Mrs Doubtfire gets given the job, but miranda finds out it is her ex huband dressed up.
I did not like this book I prefer the movie because of its hilarious jokes, I like more adventures storys such as Lord of the rings, Harry
Potter and Vickey angel.
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