A lot more dysfunctional than most families, but there is still the echo of truth about family life and the misunderstanding and judgement between different generations Oscar and Pam were my favorite characters. Would have liked to have some of book written from Pam's voice Htjela sam provjeriti kakva je Dawn French kao pisac, s obzirom da mi je u seriji Vikar iz Dibleya bila odlična.

Her name is Pamela. I ask you, how was she ever supposed to make anyting of herself with that ghastly moniker as her albatross?" Mo Battle is about to turn the big 50 and she is having a mid-life panic. She is fed up with her life that is the same, day in day out, she is a wife and mother to two teenagers, Dora who is seventeen and has self-esteem problems and holds her mum responsible for everything going wrong in her life and Peter who truly believes he is Oscar Wilde, his hero. Mo’s husband is not saying much and is keeping very quiet. Over the years I have become something of a Dawn French fan. She has consistently entertained and quite frankly made my sides split with laughter as an actor, comedian, and most recently as a writer with her wonderful autobiography Dear Fatty. So when I saw her first novel ‘’A Tiny Bit Marvellous’’ waiting for me on The Bookbag shelves I thought here’s another treat from this remarkable entertainer.

Mo the mum was a slightly better characterization - but I do wonder if her story was the strongest by far,and that this may have been a much better novel if the story had been told only through her voice? I could empathise with Mo trying to juggle it all and to work out to what extent her teenagers still needed her support. With one son aged 18 overseas and two other teenagers aged 13 and 15, I really do know how complex it can be to let them go and carry them when they need you to. Mo is feeling her age so when an apparent knight in shining armour turns up with the promise of romance she is tempted. I can empathise with that one too!

Each chapter being written from the point of view of one of three characters - Mum, Mo. Daughter, Dora or a son who thinks he's channelling Oscar Wilde) I started the book a little apprehensively. I mean Dawn French is clearly a very funny lady, loved by millions and I guess moving those talents to a novel, was putting her reputation on the line. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. The story is told through four perspectives, like a series of talking heads. A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS is the story of a modern family, all living in their own seperate bubbles, lurching towards meltdown. It is for anyone who has ever shared a home with that weird group of strangers we call relations. However, Mo is having a crisis. She's about to do something unusually wild and selfish, which will leave the entire family teetering on the edge of a precipice. Will the family fall? Or will they, when it really matters, be there for each other?

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The scene between Dora and her grandma Pam about sex is delightful. My god I wish Pam was my grandma Das Buch ist in Tagebuchform geschrieben. Zu Wort kommen vor allem die Mutter Mo, Dora und Oscar. Jede Person hat seinen eigenen Schreibstil. So lässt Dora zum Beispiel all ihren Frust in einer sehr schimpfwortlastigen Sprache ab, während ihr Bruder sich bemüht wie Oscar Wilde zu klingen. Dark Chocolate Fudge, Traditional Rich Fruit Cake, Butter Cakes in Vanilla, Caramel Fudge, Cinnamon, Coffee and Almond, Red Velvet Cake, Lemon Cupcake, Congratulations Cake, Honey Cupcake, Orange Cupcake, Cream Cheese Cupcake, Coffee Cupcake, Marshmallow, White Chocolate Fudge & Caramel Meet Mo Battle, about to turn 50 and mum to two helpless, hormonal teenagers. There's 17-year-old daughter Dora who blames Mo for, like, EVERYTHING and Peter who believes he's quite simply as darling and marvellous as his hero Oscar Wilde. Somewhere, keeping quiet, is Dad . . . who's just, well... Dad.Wedding Cake, Birthday Cake, Chocolate Mud Cake, Anniversary Cake, Dark Chocolate Cake, Caramel Cake, Fruit Cake, White Chocolate Cake, Butter Cake, Vanilla Flavor, Rich Fruit Cake, Chocolate Flavor, Lemon Flavor, Marble Flavor, Orange Flavor, Banana Cake, Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake, Cup Cakes & Carrot Cake The Silver Moon Storybook by Elaine Gunn The Silver Moon Storybook is a beautiful book that would make a great gift for any age from younger children to adults. It consists of seven short stories of the fairy tale variety weaving timeless themes into its wonderful stories. What I loved about the book The book is lovely... A Tiny Bit Marvellous is the number one bestselling novel from one of Britain's favourite comic writers. The storyline was in complete disarray; the storyline leading up to the 'climatic' moments were not introduced into the novel until past midway. So what was the point of the first half of the novel? I asked myself that same question as I was reading it.