HAVING A LOVELY TIME
Book ID/图书代码： 07980004B06904
English Summary/英文概要： Meet the Dobsons and the Jamiesons: two ordinary families on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Jo 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 Jo announces that he’s booked a week’s luxury holiday in Italy, Nina is thrilled - until she realises Jo’s kids Saul (11) and Tabitha (13) 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.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Dobson和Jamieson，两个濒临神经崩溃边缘的普通家庭。 Joe Dobson的小情人发现自己怀孕的时候，他选择抛下结发妻子和一双孩子。Joe觉得现在的他无聊乏味之极，而她的妻子Nina则觉得自己是个买苦力的，牺牲了和自己朋友每晚歌舞升平的夜生活， 不得不给宝宝洗刷，真是恶心极了。所以，当Joe向全家人宣布他已经订好了去意大利豪华度假的行程时，Nina欣喜若狂，但是当她意识到两个孩子Saul和Tabitha也要跟着他们一起去时,她的高兴劲大打了折扣。
Guy Jamieson明白这是全家人最后一次举家同游；他计划在回来的路上甩开妻子Alice和两个儿子。Guy是位干劲十足的广告部主管，Alice爱穿松紧裙，烧的晚饭糟糕的没法咽，还有那长满毛的大腿，则样的女人显然不和他的口味，但是Alice根本不知道Guy想要甩下他们，她正暗暗地打算再生个孩子呢……
Awards/获奖情况：Addictive. One to shout about―Mirror
Honest and raucously funny―Glamour
Attacks the myth of happy families with characteristic acerbic humour ... a good, light read, with some brutally funny lines―Observer
A funny, cleverly observed tale of modern family life, love and adultery―New Woman
A heartbreaking yet funny read―Heat
Brutally funny―Observer
Brilliant―Sunday Express
About the Author/作者介绍： Jenny Eclair is the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of the critically acclaimed novels Camberwell Beauty, Having a Lovely Time and Life, Death and Vanilla Slices, as well as the Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller Moving and the short story collection Listening In. One of the UK’s most popular writer/performers, she was the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Award and has many TV and radio credits to her name. She lives in south-east London.
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