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Having A Lovely Time

An addictively funny novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

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Having A Lovely Time

By: Jenny Eclair
Narrated by: Jenny Eclair
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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 own: to have another baby...

Funny, smart and refreshingly honest, Having a Lovely Time is all about infidelity, jealousy, resentment, recriminations and, just occasionally, love - from the Sunday Times bestselling author Jenny Eclair.
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PRAISE FOR JENNY ECLAIR:

'Wonderfully written, insightful and riveting' Daily Mail

'Both heart-rending and compelling' Clare Mackintosh

'SO immersive, atmospheric and compelling' Marian Keyes

'Witty, moving, dark and absorbing' Jo Brand

'An elegant, gripping and mesmeric read' Helen Lederer

'An absolute page-turner of a story' Judy Finnigan

'Compelling, compassionate and keenly observed' Independent
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Don't miss the unforgettable new novel from Jenny Eclair - INHERITANCE is out now©2004 Jenny Eclair Dark Humour Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction Funny Comedy
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Critic Reviews

Addictive. One to shout about
Brutally funny
Brilliant
A funny, cleverly observed tale of modern family life, love and adultery
Attacks the myth of happy families with characteristic acerbic humour ... a good, light read, with some brutally funny lines
A heartbreaking yet funny read
Honest and raucously funny
All stars
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Have re read this book so many times & it is even better hearing Jenny Eclair read it , it has so many laugh out loud moments, I hate to say it but there at least a few times when I think the descriptions of Alice sound like me 😂

Love this book

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My favourite book of Jenny's so far, all the better for her reading it 😁

Just fantastic

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Well told and very well read. Jenny has a uniquely expressed insight into human behaviours and relationships. So refreshing not to be a book full of cliche pop terminology yet current and thought provoking.

Throughly Enjoyed

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I wanted to like this book but I just found it offensive and crass. All the characters were unlikeable but maybe that was the point.

Hmm

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