A Friend of the Family
- Author Lisa Jewell
- Narrator Jennifer Saayeng
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 3 December 2020
- Run Time 11 hours and 13 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Contemporary romance, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction.
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What to expect
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Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend ...
Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points:
Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn't; prize-winning novelist Sean's got a hot new girlfriend and a dose of writer's block; and Ned's just back from Australia, without the girl he took with him - or a clue what he's going to do with his life.
If that wasn't enough for one household, the Londons also have a new lodger - a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend - or foe - to the family?
© Lisa Jewell 2003 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
This book shows Jewell coming into her prime – both funny and emotionally satisfying
Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient
A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet
Jewell’s readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction
The perfect summer read
Jewell’s light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It’s a lot of fun
This novel will make you feel warm inside
Praise for Lisa Jewell
Addictively readable
A joy . . . a fun summer read
The best romantic comedy we’ve read in ages
Tackles serious issues with humour – proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun
A triumph
Top marks. Fantastic
Lovely
Moving and intelligent
Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners
Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into
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