I’m Just a Teenage Punchbag
- Author Jackie Clune
- Narrator Jackie Clune
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date 23 July 2020
- Run Time 8 hours and 12 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Archery, Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Separation and divorce: advice and issues.
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First there was Having It All, then there was Bridget Jones' s Diary and I Don't Know How She Does It. Now there is Teenage Punchbag.
I'm Just A Teenage Punchbag is a laugh-out-loud, sob-on-the bus journey through the so-called life of a middle-aged woman.
Ciara is mother to three ungrateful, entitled teenagers, is married to steady Martin, a man with hairy udders, and is grieving for her mum who now lives in the wardrobe in a cardboard box from the crematorium. She finds solace in her anonymous blog, and in the daily chats she has with her mum's ashes (often the best conversations she has all day.)
Despite the menopause, the invisibility of middle age and the daily self-esteem bashings, courtesy of her kids, Ciara manages to navigate the stormy waters of grief and family life - until her mask slips and she is cast out from the family bosom. She embarks on a mission to fulfil her mum's dying wishes to have her remains sprinkled from the top of the Empire State Building, finding company, distraction and - ultimately - herself in the process.
If motherhood is a job - who says you can't resign?
(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
| Author | Jackie Clune |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Jackie Clune |
| Duration | 8 hours and 12 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781529382440 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Genre | Archery, Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues, Family life fiction, Humorous fiction, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Separation and divorce: advice and issues |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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