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Excess Baggage
- Author
- Judy Astley
- Narrator
- Laura Bratten
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 23 December 2010
- Run Time
- 9 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: coming of age
What to expect
A Proper Family Holiday was the last thing Lucy was expecting to have. But as a penniless and partnerless house-painter with an expired lease on her flat and a twelve-year-old daughter, she could hardly turn down her parents' offer to take them on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Caribbean. She'd just have to put up with her sister Theresa (making no secret of preferring Tuscany as a holiday destination) and brother Simon (worrying that there might be some sinister agenda behind their parents' wish to take them all away) with their various spouses, teenagers, young children and au pair.
In a luxury hotel, with bright sunshine, swimming, diving, glorious food and friendly locals, any family tensions should have melted away in the fabulous heat. The children should have been angelic, the teenagers cheerful, the adults relaxed and happy. But...some problems just refuse to be left at home.
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Details
- Author
- Judy Astley
- Narrator
- Laura Bratten
- Duration
- 9 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 December 2010
- ISBN
- 9781407082301
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: identity / belonging, Narrative theme: coming of age
Synopsis
A Proper Family Holiday was the last thing Lucy was expecting to have. But as a penniless and partnerless house-painter with an expired lease on her flat and a twelve-year-old daughter, she could hardly turn down her parents' offer to take them on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the Caribbean. She'd just have to put up with her sister Theresa (making no secret of preferring Tuscany as a holiday destination) and brother Simon (worrying that there might be some sinister agenda behind their parents' wish to take them all away) with their various spouses, teenagers, young children and au pair.In a luxury hotel, with bright sunshine, swimming, diving, glorious food and friendly locals, any family tensions should have melted away in the fabulous heat. The children should have been angelic, the teenagers cheerful, the adults relaxed and happy. But...some problems just refuse to be left at home.
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