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    A Tiny Bit Marvellous (Paperback) By (author) Dawn French

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    Short Description for A Tiny Bit MarvellousMo is about to hit the big 50, and some uncomfortable truths are becoming quite apparent. Dora is about to hit the big 18 ...and about to hit anyone who annoys her, especially her precocious younger brother Peter who has a chronic Oscar Wilde fixation. Then there's Dad ...who's just, well, dad.
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  • Irreverent and Fun4

    Shelley Cusbert I've always liked Dawn French for her wit, particularly in her role as The Vicar of Dibley. When I won this novel courtesy of Mel's Random Reviews I was thrilled and took in away with me on my recent holiday looking for a laugh or two. I actually found myself laughing quite a lot as A Tiny Bit Marvellous is a hilarious exaggeration of a dysfunctional family simply trying to get through everyday.
    Dawn French's voice is so distinctive and her bawdy humor and wry talent for comedic observation is evident when reading. It's terribly British with a lot of slang and cultural references that will be probably be unfamiliar to readers outside the Commonwealth yet the general gist can be interpreted.
    To be honest the plot is is a bit thin but the eccentric characters are hugely entertaining. The story unfolds through a series of chapters by the various members of the Battle family, seventeen year old drama queen Dora, fifteen year old Oscar Wilde devotee Peter and harried mother and therapist Mo, with the last word given to Dad Battle.
    Each family member is (appropriately) battling with their own issues. Dora has no idea what she is going to do post high school (academics are not her strong suit), she's just been dumped by her first real boyfriend and she regularly employs a creative if rather rude string of adjectives to describe her mother. She is a little over the top and brattish but eye rollingly amusing.
    Peter AKA Oscar longs for a smoking jacket, and speaks as if is stuck in the late 1880's. He heads an exclusive club at school that idolises Audrey Hepburn, Peter Andre and develops a crush on his mother's newest antipodean intern. His insight is equally as impressive as his delusion.
    Mo is in the midst of a crisis. Despite her success as a child therapist she is scorned by her daughter and baffled by her son. She is ripe for the attention of an unscrupulous younger man who offers excitement and adventure that her mild husband doesn't. Caught up in a daydream of escape she is oblivious to her family's personal trials.
    Then there is Pamela, Mo's mother, who wisely dispenses advice on sex, a survivalist receptionist and several other odd characters thrown into the mix.
    Fun, irreverent and there are even recipes in the back, A Tiny Bit Marvellous is well a tiny bit marvellous. by Shelley Cusbert

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