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Irresponsible Adult

warm and witty, this is the perfect novel for anyone who is growing up disgracefully!

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Irresponsible Adult

By: Lucy Dillon
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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 'So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page' MILLY JOHNSON
'Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises' ALEXANDRA POTTER
'A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists' STYLIST
DEFINITELY OLDER. NOT NECESSARILY WISER...

Sisters Cleo and Robyn may be close in age but their attitudes to life could not be further apart. While Cleo's a fully-fledged adult with a family, a business and a signature scent, Robyn is still waiting for the instruction manual to Adult Life and success is keeping her houseplant alive. Skating by at her job as an estate agent, she's adept at avoiding housework, ignoring admin, and evading her mother's anxious questions about her love life. But then Robyn's fired in the most publicly humiliating way imaginable - and her chaos catches up with her.

Although Cleo steps in to give Robyn a temporary job in her cleaning firm, it comes with very firm instructions: Robyn must BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY. And that includes meeting the high standards of Jim, her enigmatic supervisor. But when Robyn learns to navigate the catastrophic kitchens and judgemental dogs of total strangers she learns some unexpected truths about her own messy world. No one's life is spotless...

Is it time - finally - for everyone to stop sweeping their secrets under the carpet?©2024 Lucy Dillon Contemporary Family Life Genre Fiction Women's Fiction Funny Heartfelt Feel-Good

Critic reviews

So good! Warm and funny, and I was rooting for Robyn from the very first page (MILLY JOHNSON)
Funny, perceptive and oh-so-relatable, Robyn's reluctant mission to clean up her world is full of laughs and also some heart-twisting surprises (ALEXANDRA POTTER)
A funny, relatable read with some surprise twists
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Really like the audio book easy listening book. Enjoyed book, and how some of the topics were relatable. It’s a laugh out loud but also had me crying at parts. Brilliant would recommend

Easy listening

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i cried and i laughed. story was written well and some unexpected parts to the story overall which was good. a lot of the characters resinated. it was fun and good to listen to - just the kind of story I was after

really enjoyed the unknown directio of this funng feel good book

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Oh how I wish I lived in Longhampton! I love these books and this one doesn’t disappoint. Great story and neuroaffirming too

Another Lucy Dillon heartwarmer

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I have the same issue so this book really resonated with me! So beautifully written, such an incredible story line, Lucy Dillon is one of my favourite authors! I have read/listened to all of her books, they are all amazing and this is definitely one of my favourites! Highly recommend it!!

So so so good!!!

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Lucy Dillon has a rare skill for writing characters that feel so real they could be in the room with you, each fully rounded, likeably flawed and on a bumpy, twisty, liberating journey to self-discovery. Robyn in Irresponsible Adults is brought to life brilliantly by Karen Cass in this narration, her anxieties and chaos oh-so-familiar. Her journey to make sense of life, love, family, cleaning and keeping pot plants alive will stay with me for a long time; I miss her and her family already.

This warm-hearted, clever and compassionate novel was pure joy from start to finish.

Expert storytelling, beautifully narrated.

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