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Playing with the Grown-ups (Hardcover)

by Sophie Dahl (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (22 Oct 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747577773
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747577775
  • Product Dimensions: 20 x 13.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 115,923 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for The Man With The Dancing Eyes: 'I am enchanted by everything - its spirit, Sophie's voice, which is pitched for perfection somewhere in the midst of The Dud Avocado, I Capture the Castle and Eloise at the Plaza. ' Raffaella Barker 'A poetic love story accompanied by Annie Morris' evocative drawings . part Love in a Cold Climate, part Edith Sitwell and part Roald Dahl.' Vogue 'A wonderfully romantic modern-day fairytale.' Heat 'A modern-day romance for grown-ups.' Cosmopolitan


Cecelia Ahern

`Sparkling, poignant, beautiful - I loved it'
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars You won't want this novel to end., 4 April 2009
By MAB (London, UK) - See all my reviews
I received this book as a gift and have to admit it is probably not something I would have ended up buying for myself.

Firstly I am not a huge Roald Dahl fanatic - I read one of his novels as a child and found it entertaining enough but never felt a great urge to read any more after that; secondly the fact that Sophie Dahl is his granddaughter kind of smacked of nepotism to me - just because he was a writer then she should be able to string words together? She is an ex-model and we all know about their dubious ability for writing (anyone remember Naomi Campbell's Swan for instance?).

Well I have to say that I am so glad I WAS bought this novel and that I was completely WRONG about the talents of Ms Dahl as a writer. When I started reading 'Playing with the Grown-ups' I did not want to put it down or indeed for it to end.

Telling the story of Kitty, whose idyllic childhood living with her grandparents is torn apart when her bohemian mother Marina becomes fixated with a questionable religious guru, the story follows Kitty from her muddled pre-adolescence through to her teens as she is pulled from pillar to post by her mother's various wacky life choices.

Beautifully told, Dahl's novel reminded me in places of the sharp observatory wit of Augusten Burroughs, with a style similar to Martha O'Connor's The Bitch Goddess Notebook and in places the heartbreakingly good White Oleander by Janet Fitch. This is one book by an ex-model which you certainly should make time to read.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars fun and a bit sad, 1 Feb 2009
By A. Beck "faery1983" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Like many others I wasn't really expecting much, but I really enjoyed this book. It was an easy read, good for my daily commute. It has likable characters and sends you back to the early 90s. Good read.
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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Slightly wacky but enjoyable, 27 Mar 2008
By V. Mccloy (Singapore) - See all my reviews
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I didn't quite know what to expect from this book, but it turned out to be a very enjoyable read. Difficult to define what exactly caught my imagination as the story was quite meandering in places, (although the past and current events were interwoven very nicely) and in fact it felt that it came to a bit of an abrupt end. However it really kept my attention and some of the characters are really compelling. The fact that by the end I wanted to read more about how the characters developed and their lives continued probably sums up why I enjoyed this book.
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