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May Contain Nuts

John O'Farrell

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English
Black Swan
01 May 2006
A satire about competitive, over-protective parents driving their children to tutors, to ballet, to insanity ...

Alice never imagined that she would end up like this. Is she the only mother who feels so permanently panic-stricken at the terrors of the modern world - or is it normal to sit up in bed all night popping bubble wrap? She worries that too much gluten and dairy may be hindering her children's mental arithmetic. She frets that there are too many cars on the road to let them out of the 4x4. Finally she resolves to take control and tackle her biggest worry of all- her daughter is definitely not going to fail that crucial secondary school entrance exam. Because Alice has decided to take the test in her place...

With his trademark comic eye for detail, John O'Farrell has produced a funny and provocative book that will make you laugh, cry and vow never to become that sort of parent. And then you can pass it on to your seven-year-old, because she really ought to be reading grown-up novels by now...
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Imprint:   Black Swan
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   253g
ISBN:   9780552771627
ISBN 10:   0552771627
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John O'Farrell is the bestselling author of two previous novels, The Best A Man Can Get and This is Your Life, and a memoir, Things Can Only Get Better. His name has flashed past at the end of such productions as Spitting Image, Have I Got News For You, Chicken Run and Grumpy Old Men. He writes a weekly column in the Guardian which has been published in two collections, Global Village Idiot and I Blame the Scapegoats. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

Reviews for May Contain Nuts

O'Farrell has scored a bullseye with this satirical salvo... Taps into Middle England's neuroses with terrific wit * The Herald * O'Farrell is one of the best contemporary satirists in the business and he has middle class pushy mothers down to a tee in this latest toe-curling, hackle-rising chronicle of hyper-parenting... The one-liners are sublime and the comedic situations utterly hilarious. Don't miss this * Daily Record * O'Farrell is a consistently humorous writer with an acute ear for the absurdities of middle class pretension. It's hard to fault his satire on competitive parenting or his conclusions regarding social inequalities * Mail on Sunday * As hilarious as it is spot-on * Mail on Sunday *


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