Book description
Emma Kennedy's hilarious memoir of wet and windy family trips, NOW ADAPTED FOR THE MAJOR BBC ONE SERIES THE KENNEDYS.
For the 70s child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading…
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1 author picked The Tent, The Bucket And Me as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I laughed so much at The Tent, The Bucket and Me, a chatty account of hilarious, true life camping stories (and disasters) based on the author’s childhood in seventies Britain.
As a child of the 70s I could really identify with these holiday tales. It’s a great one to take on holiday (especially if you’re camping!)
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