Some quality quotes:
'To his own credit, Ed had always managed to put his own jock strap in the machine.'
'There is only so much you can say about the fuzzy black and white picture of TV interference that is a prenatal scan.'
' Another snore like a hippopotamus farting through mud erupted from the spare bedroom.'
PLOT: Heidi Savage is only a few months shy of walking down the aisle, and she is questioning if that is what she really wants - especially after her fiance's rugby mates shave his head and eyebrows off. When her ex-boyfriend shows up out-of-the-blue, old feelings are stirred up, leaving Heidi questioning whether she should really be with her beer-swilling, lads lad of a fiance.
In the meantime there is Heidi's best friend Kara, single mother of a sixth month old baby. Kara has only just started back on the dating scene, and is constantly calling upon Heidi and Ed for babysitting duty. Her emotions in turmoil, Heidi wonders if she would ever want a child with Ed, or if she should perhaps be with her ex Steven, who has a child to an ex-wife.
REVIEW: Guest blogger Meg put me onto this book - which she picked up for 50c at a library book sale! 50c insanely well spent I say! I loved this novel because it literally made me laugh out loud in so many parts. Usually I just have a quiet chuckle to myself - but not with this corker! I kind of thought the story would go in a different direction than it did - but I guess that's a good thing that it didn't, because it wasn't stereotypical.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Chris Manby grew up in Gloucester, England. Her writing career started when she was just fourteen, having a story published in 'Just Seventeen.' In 1995 Manby went to see a psychic, who informed her that she would write seven novels! Manby has already had at least thirteen published!
'To his own credit, Ed had always managed to put his own jock strap in the machine.''There is only so much you can say about the fuzzy black and white picture of TV interference that is a prenatal scan.'
' Another snore like a hippopotamus farting through mud erupted from the spare bedroom.'
PLOT: Heidi Savage is only a few months shy of walking down the aisle, and she is questioning if that is what she really wants - especially after her fiance's rugby mates shave his head and eyebrows off. When her ex-boyfriend shows up out-of-the-blue, old feelings are stirred up, leaving Heidi questioning whether she should really be with her beer-swilling, lads lad of a fiance.
In the meantime there is Heidi's best friend Kara, single mother of a sixth month old baby. Kara has only just started back on the dating scene, and is constantly calling upon Heidi and Ed for babysitting duty. Her emotions in turmoil, Heidi wonders if she would ever want a child with Ed, or if she should perhaps be with her ex Steven, who has a child to an ex-wife.
REVIEW: Guest blogger Meg put me onto this book - which she picked up for 50c at a library book sale! 50c insanely well spent I say! I loved this novel because it literally made me laugh out loud in so many parts. Usually I just have a quiet chuckle to myself - but not with this corker! I kind of thought the story would go in a different direction than it did - but I guess that's a good thing that it didn't, because it wasn't stereotypical.
Manby has written under the pen name 'Olivia Darling,' and has also changed her name to 'Chrissy Manby,' as so many people thought her books were written by a man.
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