A Proper Family Holiday
A heartwarming and laugh-out-loud page-turner of the ups and downs of family life
Published on 5. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-4447-4273-2 (ISBN)
Description
Could you survive a week-long holiday with your entire family?
Newly single magazine journalist Chelsea Benson can't think of anything worse...
Your grubby small nephew torpedoing any chance of romance with the dishy guy you met on the plane . . .
Your eighty-five-year-old granddad chatting up ladies at the hotel bar . . .
Getting nothing but sarcastic comments from your older sister, who's always been the family favourite . . .
And all this is before your parents drop their bombshell.
Is a week enough time for the Bensons to put their differences aside and have some fun? Or is this their last ever proper family holiday?
Heartwarming and funny, this is the perfect summer read for fans of SOPHIE KINSELLA and LINDSEY KELK. And provides a great excuse for ignoring your annoying family members . . .
Praise for Chris Manby
'A gloriously delicious read!...Packed with warm characters and hilarious situations' - handwrittengirl.com
'Smart and entertaining' - Closer
'Manby's novels are made for holidays' Glamour
Newly single magazine journalist Chelsea Benson can't think of anything worse...
Your grubby small nephew torpedoing any chance of romance with the dishy guy you met on the plane . . .
Your eighty-five-year-old granddad chatting up ladies at the hotel bar . . .
Getting nothing but sarcastic comments from your older sister, who's always been the family favourite . . .
And all this is before your parents drop their bombshell.
Is a week enough time for the Bensons to put their differences aside and have some fun? Or is this their last ever proper family holiday?
Heartwarming and funny, this is the perfect summer read for fans of SOPHIE KINSELLA and LINDSEY KELK. And provides a great excuse for ignoring your annoying family members . . .
Praise for Chris Manby
'A gloriously delicious read!...Packed with warm characters and hilarious situations' - handwrittengirl.com
'Smart and entertaining' - Closer
'Manby's novels are made for holidays' Glamour
Reviews / Votes
Praise for WHAT I DID ON MY HOLIDAYS * - * 'Manby's novels are made for holidays - light enough to pick up and put down, but entertaining enough to keep you happy by the pool.' * <i>Glamour</i> * 'Smart and entertaining, beach reading doesn't get much better than this!' **** * <i>Closer</i> * 'A gloriously delicious read! ... Packed with warm characters and hilarious situations' * www.handwrittengirl.com * An absolute beaut for the deckchair . . . Manby's writing is effortlessly funny, but it's the warmth behind the comedy that kept me glued * <i>Saga</i> * 'The perfect summer escapist read' * <i>www.chicklitcentral.com</i> *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
none
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4447-4273-2 (9781444742732)
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Chrissie Manby
A Proper Family Holiday
A heartwarming and laugh-out-loud page-turner of the ups and downs of family life
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06/2014
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
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Person
Chrissie Manby is the author of twenty five romantic comedies including A PROPER FAMILY HOLIDAY, THE MATCHBREAKER and SEVEN SUNNY DAYS. She has had several Sunday Times bestsellers and her novel about behaving badly after a break-up, GETTING OVER MR RIGHT, was nominated for the 2011 Melissa Nathan Award.
Chrissie was raised in Gloucester, in the west of England, and now lives in London. Contrary to the popular conception of chick-lit writers, she is such a bad home-baker that her own father threatened to put her last creation on www.cakewrecks.com. She is, however, partial to white wine and shoes she can't walk in.
You can follow her on Twitter @chrissiemanby, or visit her website www.chrissiemanby.co.uk to find out more.
Chrissie was raised in Gloucester, in the west of England, and now lives in London. Contrary to the popular conception of chick-lit writers, she is such a bad home-baker that her own father threatened to put her last creation on www.cakewrecks.com. She is, however, partial to white wine and shoes she can't walk in.
You can follow her on Twitter @chrissiemanby, or visit her website www.chrissiemanby.co.uk to find out more.