- Rol sexual, Young Adult Fiction, Divorcio, Divorce
Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and fro between their volatile mother, Miranda, and Daniel, their out-of-work actor father. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will supervise the children after school - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. This is a bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book.
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Spare, classical in form, contemporary and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Anne Fine
- First published
- 1992
- Pages
- 189
- Publisher
- Puffin, Alfaguara, L'Ecole des loisirs
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780140373554
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