{"product_id":"paradise-lodge-9780241974926","title":"Paradise Lodge","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLizzie Vogel''s story continues in\u003ci\u003e Paradise Lodge, \u003c\/i\u003ethe brilliantly comic sequel to Nina Stibbe''s hilarious \u003ci\u003eMan at the Helm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''LOVE it!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eInstant classic - funny, wise, touching, entirely delightful'' \u003c\/b\u003eMARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e*****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Working in a care home is not really a suitable job for a schoolgirl but 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel went for it. It just seemed too exhausting to commit to being a full-time girlfriend or a punk (it is the 1970s after all), plus she has some knowledge of old people. They''re not suited to granary bread, and you mustn''t compare them to toddlers, but she doesn''t know there''s a right way to get someone out of the bath - or what to do when someone dies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When a rival old people''s home with better parking and daily chairobics threatens to take all their residents, Paradise Lodge''s cast of staff and helpers have to come together to save the home before it''s too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLOVE it!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eInstant classic - funny, wise, touching, entirely delightful\u003c\/b\u003e -- Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new Nina Stibbe?! Best day ever\u003c\/b\u003e -- Emma Healey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe funniest new writer to arrive in years\u003c\/b\u003e -- Andrew O’Hagan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe one problem with reviewing Stibbe is that I just want to quote entire pages: it's all so brilliant.\u003c\/b\u003e She captures exactly what it's like to be a teenager, with all its contradictions, confusions, anxieties and ambitions. * The i *\u003cbr\u003eThere is a \u003cb\u003elaugh out loud\u003c\/b\u003e moment in every chapter. \u003ci\u003eParadise Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly captures the internal panic of a teenager -- Kathy Burke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA touch of Holden Caulfield in 1970s Leicestershire... \u003c\/b\u003eI wouldn't mind fetching up at Paradise Lodge when my time comes: at least we'd all share a laugh, a hug and a terrible cup of tea before the dying of the light. -- Lee Langley * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is never a dull moment in this lively, sensitive, roaringly funny tale\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Express *\u003cbr\u003eStibbe looks at another chapter of her life through the prism of \u003cb\u003eher trademark deadpan, acutely observed humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrreverent, warm and hugely entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eThe whole book surprises and impresses... \u003cb\u003eI'm not surprised to see that Stibbe's writing has been compared to Jane Austen's\u003c\/b\u003e -- Emma Healey * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eStibbe is \u003cb\u003ea terrific writer with a gift for sharp dialogue\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eLaugh-out-loud funny and full of spot-on 1970s details * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStibbe is herself becoming a worthy successor to Pym, \u003c\/b\u003ethat peerless chronicler of the melancholy pleasures and small struggles of 20th-century English life on the sort of days when, as Lizzie puts it, \"there was nothing for lunch except ginger cake and tins of marrowfat peas * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinsomely naïve yet confident\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWitty and thoroughly chortle inducing\u003c\/b\u003e * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dollop of nostalgia and very British humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Glamour *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarm, funny story\u003c\/b\u003e * Elle *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083447411031,"sku":"9780241974926","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241974926.jpg?v=1725548976","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paradise-lodge-9780241974926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}