The Only Boy for Me

Gil McNeil author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:16th Feb '09

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India Knight, Marian Keyes and Helen Fielding all in one, The Only Boy for Me is a must read for city girls who are growing up. McNeil's Divas Don't Knit sold over 25,000 copies in 2008 and now The Only Boy for Me has a companion look The Only Boy for Me was televised starring Helen Baxendale as Annie Baker.

Funny, heartbreaking, truthful and uplifting, Gil McNeil's brilliant novel will make you cry and laugh out loudMost people would think Annie Baker had it all: an idyllic life in the country and a fabulous job as a film producer. And so would she, if it weren't for the men in her life. Her six-year-old son Charlie gets traumatised if she buys the wrong kind of sausages. Her tempestuous boss Barney is a Great Director, but keeps getting stuck with dog food commercials, and as for Lawrence, well, he just wants to get her fired. And then she meets Mack Hilarious and poignant, The Only Boy for Me will make you laugh and cry.

'Imagine what might happen to Bridget Jones if she'd grown up a bit, got married, had a kid and still wasn't quite ready to give up her boozy nights out with the girls ...' Hello! 'Funny and sparkling ... a profoundly moving study of motherhood and true love ... Breathless for more, you have to read it in one sitting' Ruth Rendell 'A joy: a laugh-out-loud account of Annie Baker's life and loves ... a heartbreaking, funny look at parenting and passion' Elle 'You'll laugh till you cry' Glamour

ISBN: 9780747598213

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 18mm

Weight: unknown

288 pages