Having A Lovely Time
Published on 6. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-316-72490-6 (ISBN)
Description
Meet the Dobsons and the Jamiesons: two ordinary families on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Joe Dobson left his wife and kids when his young girlfriend Nina discovered she was pregnant. Now he feels like a cliche and Nina feels like a drudge, swapping her wild nights out with friends for mild nights in wiping baby sick off the carpet. So when Joe announces that he's booked a week's luxury holiday in Italy, Nina is thrilled - until she realises Joe's kids Saul (11) and Tabitha (13) are coming along for the ride. Meanwhile Guy Jamieson is sure this will be his last family holiday; he plans to leave his wife Alice on his return. Guy is a high- powered advertising director, and Alice - with her elasticated skirts, inedible mince suppers and unshaven legs - just doesn't fit his image. But Alice has a secret plan of her own: to have another baby...Funny, smart and refreshingly honest, HAVING A LOVELY TIME is all about infidelity, jealousy, resentment, recriminations and, just occasionally, love.
Reviews / Votes
CAMBERWELL BEAUTY 'A fine first novel ... this comedienne has always been a novelist in waiting ... Eclair's modern cautionary tale has the same bittersweet wit that shapes her stand-up set' - Guardian 'Jenny Eclair writes as she speaks - irreverent observations are thrown down gauntlet-like as she rages on to the next gag' - The TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-316-72490-6 (9780316724906)
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Jenny Eclair
Having A Lovely Time
An addictively funny novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Book
07/2005
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€14.00
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Person
Jenny Eclair is one of the most successful performers on the comedy stand-up circuit, the sole female winner of the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival, and often features on BBC Radio.