Why read Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters?

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Book description

Sally's son Dan has come back home from college after completing
his performing arts degree. He needs rent-free accommodation, friends,
a love life, and somewhere to perform his arts. Sally
herself is taking a career break from teaching English. She's
tired of teaching year eleven pupils about the Mockingbird. She…

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Why read it?

2 authors picked Domestic Bliss and Other Disasters as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Sue Clark

Author

Believe me; I know how hard it is to write humour. To produce a successful comedic novel with laugh-out-loud lines as a debut novelist is no mean feat, but for me, Jane Ions has pulled it off with this book.

I found the voice of Sally Forth (I know!) engaging and hilarious from the off. There was so much for me to enjoy, from the wayward teenage son living in a lean-to in the garden to Sally’s long-suffering and respectable husband, who just happens to be an MP.

I love this kind of well-observed comedy that treats its characters, no…

From Sue's list on funny things that make you stop and think.

Steve Sheppard

Author

There are a great many comedy novels out there written in a diary format, some of them very well-known. Most of the ones I’ve read have proved disappointing: the comedy is either weak or not sustained. And you wouldn’t think the market could cope with another version of “harassed housewife humour.”

Well, you’d be wrong. Jane Ions’ book is not only original, but her style is guffaw-out-loud hilarious. A treat from start to finish. This is a really funny book, and the author’s writing style is right up my street.

From Steve's list on books to make you laugh by authors you’ve (probably) never heard of.