"A whip-smart, uplifting, and outrageously funny novel charting a year in the life of a woman as she navigates life in all its glory."
Oh what fun this is, written in diary form, the year in the life of Liz is a cackling, absolute fire-cracker of a read. Liz deals with all that life throws at her, from impossible questions from her two children, through to navigating family, neighbours, friendship, and work. I loved Lucy Mangan’s quick-firing and witty, yet compassionate and inclusive writing. I don’t have children, despite this, I fully participated in the family life on offer here. I could relate to the dilemmas and plights, joy and love, I sympathised, empathised, smirked, and on several occasions even laughed out loud. Although all the characters stand independently proud and fabulous, my favourite just has to be five year old Evie, who rules with an iron fist and is described as a gangster and anarchist. Author and journalist Lucy Mangan’s first novel is an absolute belter. Are We Having Fun Yet is a warm, uplifting, gloriously funny read and comes as highly recommended and a Liz Pick of the Month and LoveReading Star Book.
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Meet Liz: all she wants is some peace and quiet so she can read a book with her cat Henry, love of her life, by her side. But trampling all over this dream is a group of wild things also known as Liz's family. Namely:
Richard - a man, a husband, no serious rival to Henry.
Thomas - their sensitive seven year old son, for whom life is a bed of pain already.
Evie - five year old acrobat, gangster, anarchist, daughter.
And as if her family's demands (Where are the door keys? Are we made of plastic? Do 'ghost poos' really count?) weren't enough, Liz must also contend with the madness of parents, friends, bosses, and at least one hovering nemesis. Are We Having Fun Yet? is a year with one woman as she faces all the storms of modern life (babysitters, death, threadworms) on her epic quest for that holy grail: a moment to herself.
Are We Having Fun Yet? features in the following genres: Humorous Fiction, Fiction, Feel-Good Fiction, Debuts, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Family Drama, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction: narrative themes, eBooks of the Month
Are We Having Fun Yet? is available in Paperback, CD-Audio, Hardback, Ebook (Epub)
Are We Having Fun Yet? was written by Lucy Mangan and published by Souvenir Press Ltd an imprint of Profile Books Ltd
Are We Having Fun Yet? has 303 pages
£8.09
