Man At The Helm Av Nina Stibbe

<p><b>The very start of Lizzie Vogel''s story. From the much-loved author of <i>Love, Nina</i>, discover a wildly comic, brilliantly sharp-eyed novel about one family''s fall from grace<i>.</i></b><br><br><b>''All hail a book that''s <i>funny!'' </i></b>Barbara Trapido<br><br><b>*****</b><br><br> Meet Lizzie Vogel, 9. <br><br>Lizzie is concerned about her newly divorced mother; thirty-one years old and trapped in a hostile village in the English countryside with only three young children and a Labrador for company. It isn''t that having a husband is good, but in 1970s rural Leicestershire, not having one is bad. The women in the village think Lizzie''s mother is after their husbands - and no one will let the children into the Brownies!<br><br>Worried about their mother''s drinking, her (bad) playwriting and social workers sending them off to the infamous Crescent Home for Children, Lizzie and her sister embark on a misguided campaign to find their mother a new husband.<br><br><b>LIZZIE''S STORY CONTINUES IN<i> PARADISE LODGE </i>AND<i> REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL!</i></b><br><br><b>*****</b><br><br> ''<b>[A] joyous read, full of wit and charm</b> . . .<b> I am already longing for Nina Stibbe''s next book</b>'' OBSERVER<br><br> ''<b>J</b><b>ust the right mixture of childhood innocence and incredulity for the necessary deadpan delivery of Stibbe''s particular brand of comedy</b>. <b>Read it and be charmed</b>'' INDEPENDENT<br><br> ''<b>A beguilingly comic blend of naivety and precociousness</b>'' SUNDAY TIMES<br><br><b>NINA STIBBE''S NEW NOVEL <i>ONE DAY I SHALL ASTONISH THE WORLD</i> IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW</b></p>