No Place For A Man

by Judy Astley

Wife, mother, and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence.

Genres: Chick Lit, Fiction

283 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Judy Astley started writing in 1990 following several years of working as a dressmaker, illustrator, painter and parent. Her sixteen novels, the most recent of which are Laying The Ghost and Other People¹s Husbands, are all published by Transworld/Black Swan. Judy¹s specialist areas, based on many years of hectic personal experience, are domestic disharmony and family chaos with a good mix of love-and-passion and plenty of humour thrown in. Judy has been a regular columnist on magazines and enjoys writing journalism pieces on just about any subject, usually from a fun viewpoint. She lives in London and Cornwall, loves plants, books, hot sunshine and rock music (all at once, preferably) and would happily claim that listening in to other people¹s conversations is both a top hobby and an absolute career-necessity

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Wife, mother and journalist Jess finds her usually cheery muddle of family life turned upside down when her husband Matt is unexpectedly made redundant. For instead of looking upon it as the disaster it is, he sees it as the perfect opportunity to indulge in some kind of second adolescence."

A fun, undemanding read.

[Sarah Tummey]

A woman sending her son off on his gap-year, a man made redundant, a teenaged girl intrigued by the boy beside the railway line ... I quickly warmed to this family and wanted to see how their lives played out. If the author wrote a sequel one day, I think I would read it.

[Adéolá · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very beautiful story

I loved it! follow my booktok

[Rachel Brand · Rating 2 out of 5]

My only memory of this book was that the teenage daughter fell in love with a boy who lived in a car and used to sneak into people's houses to have a shower. I'm sure the mum finds a wet towel on the floor and is confused as no one has been in the house.

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found it very similar to another one of her's: Pleasant Vices. Some flashes of humour. I will never fully identify with these Home Counties middle class families

[LindyLouMac · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read in 2001