In the Wee Small Hours Life just keeps getting complicated for Annie Baker Her sister Lizzie s pregnant and wants Annie to be her birth partner she s planning an active labour in water with lots of candles and music Her p
Life just keeps getting complicated for Annie Baker Her sister Lizzie s pregnant and wants Annie to be her birth partner she s planning an active labour, in water, with lots of candles and music Her partner Matt isn t too sure, although he s bought some new swimming trunks just in case Annie s friend Leila has got a new man, Tor, and she s getting heavily into yoLife just keeps getting complicated for Annie Baker Her sister Lizzie s pregnant and wants Annie to be her birth partner she s planning an active labour, in water, with lots of candles and music Her partner Matt isn t too sure, although he s bought some new swimming trunks just in case Annie s friend Leila has got a new man, Tor, and she s getting heavily into yoga, while Kate from the village has somehow ended up having an affair with her own ex husband And as for the men in Annie s own life, it just gets worse Her seven year old son Charlie is now officially Pagan, and desperate for his own pet pheasant Boss Barney is building a bit of a reputation for TV commercials involving stunts, so if she s not lurching around the North Sea in a trawler, she s stuck up a crane Then there s Uncle Monty, a retired mole catcher who collects bric a brac, to keep an eye on Eighty three and a few sandwiches short of a picnic, Monty has threatened the Meals on Wheels lady with a shotgun and is refusing to leave the farm where he s lived all his life just when Annie was beginning to think she might be able to cope without him For everyone who fell in love with Annie Baker and her Only Boy for Me, here s what happened next And for anyone who s ever wondered how to combine motherhood, the country life and a career in town, and why pheasants make that weird clicking noise, this is essential reading.
Annie Baker’s life could not be more complicated: her sister Lizzie wants her to be her birthing partner once she goes into labour, her boss Barney has her working like a demon as he tries to make even more outrageous commercials and her friends Kate and Laila are either wrapped up in new men or having an affair with their ex-husband. Her son Charlie has now decided he wants to be a Pagan and wants a pet pheasant, dog and ferret and she also has to look after her old, and slightly mad, Uncle M [...]
I will take a Gil McNeil book any day! I love her rambling stories, lovely characters and witty humor. And I love that the ending for this story could easily lead into another book.
After reading "Only Boy for Me" I really enjoyed this book. It made me laugh out loud like most of Gil McNeil's books do. I could live without all of the "language" which in my opinion does not add to the story.The characters are very well described and they pulled me into the story. I could really relate to them.
This was a sequel and again it was lovely to pick up with familiar characters. I do like her style. Annie is bringing up her small son Charlie. She has plenty of friends and gets roped into lots of the school fundraising ideas along the way. She helps look after her aged uncle Monty on his farm. She meets an old boyfriend Mack- but do they want the same things from life?!
This was hysterically funny, I should have been British because I just love this dry, self-deprecating humor. I was really irritiated by the way the first book about Annie ended; this one was much more satisfying. Any mother will find this laugh-out-loud funny!!
This was a great book . so funny but with a good story. Didn't want it to end.
Entertaining but very similar to all her other books.
Audiobook. I think this is called Chick Lit. OK. Not hugely compelling; a good don't-have-to-pay-100%-attention whilst cooking read
Hilarious! Laughed out loud a number of times and reread sections to my husband just so I would have someone else to laugh with. Loved it!!
A wonderful continuation of Annie and Charlie's tale! Funny, easy to read and so, oh so heart-warming!
A good quick read, but I preferred her Beach Street Knitting
Sequel to "The Only Boy for Me". Just as good!