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Having a Lovely Time

By: Jenny Eclair
Narrated by: Jenny Eclair
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About this listen

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 best-selling author Jenny Eclair.

©2020 Jenny Eclair (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK Dark Humour Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Funny Witty Feel-Good Comedy

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Critic reviews

"Brilliant." (Sunday Express)

"Addictive." (Daily Mirror)

"Brutally funny." (Observer)
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Enjoyable listen, great characters. Dips in and out of various families life which are entertaining and at times uncomfortable.

Interesting entwined story

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I love Jenny Éclairs books, her narration is superb. Great story, made me laugh out loud in parts. A must listen.

Excellent

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It is good and I love that Jenny is reading it but the ending is a slight let down and you don’t find out what happens to some characters

Like it

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This book was so easy to listen to and beautifully narrated, as always by the excellent Jenny Eclair. It made me laugh and the inappropriate but hugely relatable use of language and observations.
10/10

Fantastic!

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light entertainment but enjoyable story. narrating also good. will look for more books by this author

Light listening and entertaining

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