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''Brilliant'' Sunday Express
''Addictive'' Daily Mirror
''Brutally funny'' Observer

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 and Tabitha 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 o

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Addictive. One to shout about * Mirror *
Addictive. One to shout about * Mirror *
Brutally funny * Observer *
Brutally funny * Observer *
Brilliant * Sunday Express *
Brilliant * Sunday Express *
A funny, cleverly observed tale of modern family life, love and adultery * New Woman *
A funny, cleverly observed tale of modern family life, love and adultery * New Woman *
Attacks the myth of happy families with characteristic acerbic humour ... a good, light read, with some brutally funny lines * Observer *
Attacks the myth of happy families with characteristic acerbic humour ... a good, light read, with some brutally funny lines * Observer *
A heartbreaking yet funny read * Heat *
A heartbreaking yet funny read * Heat *
Honest and raucously funny * Glamour *
Honest and raucously funny * Glamour *

Having A Lovely Time An addictively funny novel

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      Book Synopsis

      ''Brilliant'' Sunday Express
      ''Addictive'' Daily Mirror
      ''Brutally funny'' Observer

      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 and Tabitha 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 o

      Trade Review
      Addictive. One to shout about * Mirror *
      Addictive. One to shout about * Mirror *
      Brutally funny * Observer *
      Brutally funny * Observer *
      Brilliant * Sunday Express *
      Brilliant * Sunday Express *
      A funny, cleverly observed tale of modern family life, love and adultery * New Woman *
      A funny, cleverly observed tale of modern family life, love and adultery * New Woman *
      Attacks the myth of happy families with characteristic acerbic humour ... a good, light read, with some brutally funny lines * Observer *
      Attacks the myth of happy families with characteristic acerbic humour ... a good, light read, with some brutally funny lines * Observer *
      A heartbreaking yet funny read * Heat *
      A heartbreaking yet funny read * Heat *
      Honest and raucously funny * Glamour *
      Honest and raucously funny * Glamour *

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