Irresponsible Adult
warm and witty, this is the perfect novel for anyone who is growing up disgracefully!
Published on 16. January 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-3997-1973-5 (ISBN)
Description
'So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page' MILLY JOHNSON
'Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises' ALEXANDRA POTTER
'A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists' STYLIST
Sisters Cleo and Robyn may be close in age but their attitudes to life could not be further apart. While Cleo's a fully-fledged adult with a family, a business and a signature scent, Robyn is still waiting for the instruction manual to Adult Life and success is keeping her houseplant alive. But then Robyn's fired from her job as an estate agent in the most publicly humiliating way imaginable - and her chaos catches up with her.
Although Cleo steps in to give Robyn a temporary job in her cleaning firm, it comes with very firm instructions: Robyn must BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. And that includes meeting the high standards of Jim, her enigmatic supervisor. But when Robyn learns to navigate the catastrophic kitchens and judgemental dogs of total strangers she learns some unexpected truths about her own messy world. No one's life is spotless...
Readers are loving IRRESPONSIBLE ADULT too:
'Absolutely fabulous! Devoured this in one day!'
'I love a good sister novel and this one hit all the right boxes'
'Warm, genuinely laugh out loud funny, surprisingly emotional, and populated by wonderful, likeable characters'
'Oh my goodness, I loved this book and ended up reading into the night to finish it'
'Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises' ALEXANDRA POTTER
'A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists' STYLIST
Sisters Cleo and Robyn may be close in age but their attitudes to life could not be further apart. While Cleo's a fully-fledged adult with a family, a business and a signature scent, Robyn is still waiting for the instruction manual to Adult Life and success is keeping her houseplant alive. But then Robyn's fired from her job as an estate agent in the most publicly humiliating way imaginable - and her chaos catches up with her.
Although Cleo steps in to give Robyn a temporary job in her cleaning firm, it comes with very firm instructions: Robyn must BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. And that includes meeting the high standards of Jim, her enigmatic supervisor. But when Robyn learns to navigate the catastrophic kitchens and judgemental dogs of total strangers she learns some unexpected truths about her own messy world. No one's life is spotless...
Readers are loving IRRESPONSIBLE ADULT too:
'Absolutely fabulous! Devoured this in one day!'
'I love a good sister novel and this one hit all the right boxes'
'Warm, genuinely laugh out loud funny, surprisingly emotional, and populated by wonderful, likeable characters'
'Oh my goodness, I loved this book and ended up reading into the night to finish it'
Reviews / Votes
So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page -- MILLY JOHNSON Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises -- ALEXANDRA POTTER A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists * STYLIST *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
314 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3997-1973-5 (9781399719735)
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Lucy Dillon
Irresponsible Adult
warm and witty, this is the perfect novel for anyone who is growing up disgracefully!
E-Book
05/2024
Hodder & Stoughton
€2.99
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Person
Lucy Dillon grew up by the seaside in Cumbria, and read English at Cambridge University, before working as a fiction editor. She is the best-selling author of eleven novels set in the market town of Longhampton, including Romantic Novelists Association Novels of the Year Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts and A Hundred Pieces of Me. An enthusiastic collector of dog-related junk, Lucy lives in Herefordshire with an English Otterhound, a Welsh Pembroke Corgi and a Scottish Husband.