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Not All Grannies Knit
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This weeks feature
How To Be A Bad Grandmother - by Joan Pritchett
Publication: October 2006, £9.99, hardback |
About the Author
Joan Pritchett is a very proud granny to four grandchildren under the age of twelve. She is married to the columnist Oliver Pritchett and the Telegraphcartoonist, Matt, is her son.
Having grandmotherhood thrust upon you is a strange experience. One minute youre a busy, youthful person getting on with life, and the next youre one of the older generation. Did anyone think to ask how you would feel about this? |
A good look at being a grandparent... |
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All is not lost however. This razor-sharp look at the pleasure and pitfalls of grannyhood will help ease you (or your mother/mother-in-law, if youre the one expecting) through this trying but rewarding time. From the initial shock (Im too young to be a granny!’), to the journey through pregnancy (try not to laugh when the expectant couple start talking about how beautiful natural childbirth is) to the thorny issue of names (yours, not the babys) and the competitive Other Grandmother, all you need to know is here. Not All Grannies Knit takes a tongue-in-cheek look at this milestone from the perspective of someone who has never knitted a bootee in her life and doesnt intend to start now, thank you very much.
Illustrated throughout with gorgeous cartoons, Not All Grannies Knit is a spirited and irreverent celebration of the joys - and otherwise - of acquiring grandchildren.
For further information please contact
Ana.Sampson on: 020 7819 5911 email: ana.sampson@michaelomarabooks.com
Hannah Robinson on: 020 7819 5917 email: hannah.robinson@michaelomarabooks.com |
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ISBN 0563528788
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