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The Invisible Woman
Let me introduce you to the Smythe household...There's me, Samantha, my husband John the Second, and our two children Bennie and Jamie. And then there's my eldest son Edward from my first marriage. I love my family to bits but even I stagger a bit when I see the mess they create. Bennie, who is two, can't seem to use a potty. Jamie, only eight months, eats nothing but butternut squash and Edward spends most of his time watching Scooby Doo and drawing pictures on his willy. Every now and then I lose my cool and start shouting like a mad woman and John has to take me upstairs and calm me down. But, despite my worry that a non-nuclear family may never be a 'real' family, everything was fine until last summer when it got a whole lot more complicated.My ex-husband John the First turned up at our house for the first time in three years. My sister's marriage broke up and my best friend Dougie did nothing but drink wine and moan about this life. Edward, of course, thought it was marvellous that he had two dads living with him. I on-the-other-hand, began to feel I was slowly disappearing out of sight. Suddenly our chaotic but loving home was teetering on the verge of collapse.
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First published January 1, 2007
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June 19, 2011
Oh, this is horrible. Of course I can’t remember what this book was about at all and now I can’t find a recap on either Amazon or the AKL libraries page. Oy.
And now I remember!
I found the author to this book! Which led me to a recap. YAY! Now I remember this book. Not a horrible book, just really really boring. And of course, the recap was taken from the publisher’s page, so it leaves the ending hanging and of course, I don’t really remember what happened. But we’ll just say that it all ends happily ever after, as books like these always do.
Girl lives with current husband and their two children, plus a child of hers from a pervious marriage. Both husbands are named John, hence John the First and John the Second. And the kids are insane. John the First comes back into their lives to get to know his son better. Chaos ensues. Kid, who is kind of messed up, doesn’t really get what is going on, even though he is like 7. Don’t really remember the point of the book or what really happened, but it was mainly about messed up families. That part I liked. The kids just annoyed the hell out of me too much.
Grade: C-
And now I remember!
I found the author to this book! Which led me to a recap. YAY! Now I remember this book. Not a horrible book, just really really boring. And of course, the recap was taken from the publisher’s page, so it leaves the ending hanging and of course, I don’t really remember what happened. But we’ll just say that it all ends happily ever after, as books like these always do.
Girl lives with current husband and their two children, plus a child of hers from a pervious marriage. Both husbands are named John, hence John the First and John the Second. And the kids are insane. John the First comes back into their lives to get to know his son better. Chaos ensues. Kid, who is kind of messed up, doesn’t really get what is going on, even though he is like 7. Don’t really remember the point of the book or what really happened, but it was mainly about messed up families. That part I liked. The kids just annoyed the hell out of me too much.
Grade: C-
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June 25, 2012Absolutely zero stars. This book (well what I read of it) was appalling.
When a book sets off with a piece written by the characters kid stating about dad 1 (John) and dad 2 (also called John, no confusion to be had there then) you know its not a good start. When the character first introduces herself and states she's written things about her kids but you can 'skip them if you don't want to read them', it's an errrmmmm? Sure enough, a chapter in and she describes in great detail what food her 3 kids like and a weeks meals.
I have never before given a book zero stars as I've always considered the fact that a person has taken time to write it. This book needed writing with invisible ink.
When a book sets off with a piece written by the characters kid stating about dad 1 (John) and dad 2 (also called John, no confusion to be had there then) you know its not a good start. When the character first introduces herself and states she's written things about her kids but you can 'skip them if you don't want to read them', it's an errrmmmm? Sure enough, a chapter in and she describes in great detail what food her 3 kids like and a weeks meals.
I have never before given a book zero stars as I've always considered the fact that a person has taken time to write it. This book needed writing with invisible ink.
February 3, 2015
A very funny take on family life - light hearted and easy reading, I can't wait to read more of Samantha Smythe and her awesome family life. this has been compared to a grown up Bridget Jones Diary and I can definitely say its how I viewed the story as well..great to hear of other books about this family are out there
September 20, 2011
Nothing special, nothing good about it. Just ok. Ex-husband comes back and disturbs family peace, children scream, laundry has to be done... Just the usual family mess with funny moments here and there. It kinda made me think about that Sandra Brown crap. I don't know why...
December 25, 2010
Really amazing,rich in a lot of pleasant moments :)
March 21, 2012
Loved Loved Loved Flawless
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