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The tent, the bucket and me' by Emma Kennedy

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FreddoBaggyMac · 23/07/2010 20:25

I'm halfway through this and don't think I've ever laughed out loud so much at a book! It's totally not the kind of thing I'd normally read... I recommend it to anyone who wants to read something summery and have a laugh!

Has anyone else read it who can back me up?! Would welcome suggestions on what to read next that can make me laugh as much as this

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FreddoBaggyMac · 23/07/2010 20:51

Get thee to a bookshop first thing tomorrow LunaticFringe and use that book token on it - you will not regret it ... am off to read the next chapter now!

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seeker · 23/07/2010 20:50
stepfordwife · 23/07/2010 20:50

thanks midnight, will read that.

midnightexpress · 23/07/2010 20:49

And she writes children's stuff too - look for Wilma Tenderfoot on Amazon.

I promise I'm not her agent. Or indeed, her.

stepfordwife · 23/07/2010 20:49

oh yes, midnight, tell her it's FAB. made me laugh out loud, too. just loved the relationship with her parents and really captured the gloriously un-PC days of a 70s childhood.
can't wait for the follow-up.

midnightexpress · 23/07/2010 20:48

Oh and btw she has written another book called 'How to bring up your parents'.

seeker · 23/07/2010 20:47

Haven't read it - but she's the best thing on AIOTMA.

wilkos · 23/07/2010 20:47

very funny, loved it

midnightexpress · 23/07/2010 20:46

Aww that's nice. She'll be chuffed!

TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 23/07/2010 20:46

Oooh, that's exciting news Midnight! I work in a library and it was on our 'must-read' stand for a while because my boss loved it - everyone that borrowed it brought it back with a huge smile on their face.

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FreddoBaggyMac · 23/07/2010 20:41

OO great Midnight - tell her to hurry up with it please! It would make a fabulous TV series (there are just TOO many laughs in it for a film - people would do themselves an injury if they laughed that much in 90 minutes )

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midnightexpress · 23/07/2010 20:36

She's a friend of mine - shes writing a follow-up at the moment.

TwentiethCenturyHeffa · 23/07/2010 20:29

I can back you up I read it a few months ago and it was hilarious. I've recommended it to a few people but no-one seems interested.

I've not really read anything else like it although I'd be interested. Not sure if she's written anything else.

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