Author: Toni Jordan
Type: Paperback
Read: 5th April - 21st April 2017
Rating: 4/5
Published: 2nd February 2017 By Allen & Unwin
Henry has ended his marriage to Caroline and headed off to Noosa with Mercedes’ grade three teacher, Martha. Caroline, having shredded a wardrobe-full of Henry’s suits, has gone after them.
Craig and Lesley have dropped over briefly from next door to catch up on the fallout from Henry and Caroline’s all-night row. And Janice, Caroline’s sister, is staying for the weekend to look after the girls because Janice is the sensible one. A microbiologist with a job she loves, a fervent belief in the beauty of the scientific method and a determination to make a solo life after her divorce from Alec.
Then Craig returns through the bedroom window expecting a tryst with Caroline and finds Janice in her bed, Lesley storms in with a jealous heart and a mouthful of threats, Henry, Caroline and Martha arrive back from the airport in separate taxis—and let’s not even get started on Brayden the pizza guy. Janice can cope with all that. But when Alec knocks on the door things suddenly get complicated.
This book was wacky. Like crazily so. There was so many things that were OTT. A family torn apart due to a husbands affair. It then turns out that the mum, who was on her high horse, had an affair with the numpty next door. Then the couple next door are havinga crisis, she knows he is having an affair, with whom, not a clue. So she goes crazily and stays within the neighbours house, where upon there are two children, (these are the only two sane characters), are there with their aunt.
Then said aunts ex-husband arrives. Like really, how can one family be so torn.
Like i said, there were two children within the story and these seemed the most sensible characters in the whole book. Whilst one of the girls, was silent, she was more a watcher, the older sister, was the one with the witty one liners. I adored that.
The book was funny though, as crazy as it seemed. It was funny. I like finding reasons for stories but for this one i have not got a clue. Apart from families are just mental.
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