{"product_id":"9781472256232-the-best-things","title":"The Best Things","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sunday Times bestseller and a funny, feel-good story of a family on the brink\u003cbr\u003eA funny, tender, timely story about a family on the brink from one of our best-loved entertainers and national treasure Mel Giedroyc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE HILARIOUS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA big-hearted story of a family on the brink from the marvellous, much-loved Mel Giedroyc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Properly funny with a brilliant cast of characters'\u003cb\u003e GRAHAM NORTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A real treat. I enjoyed it HUGELY' \u003cb\u003eMARIAN KEYES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny and fresh. No soggy bottoms here'\u003cb\u003e CLARE MACKINTOSH\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSally Parker is searching for the hero inside herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut TBH she just wants to lie down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer husband Frank has lost his business, their home and their savings in one go. Her bank cards have been stopped. The kids are running wild. And now the bailiffs are at the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does a woman do when the bottom suddenly falls out?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Sally Parker surprise everybody.most of all herself?\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book is a riot! Delicious in its detail' \u003c\/b\u003eSOPHIE KINSELLA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A stonking good read. Exactly like Mel herself: engaging, uproarious and gleeful' \u003c\/b\u003eJO BRAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A warm, honest and humorous look at a family and what really matters in life. Brimming with hilarious scenes, it is also a redemptive book, and one of hope' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eWOMAN \u0026amp; HOME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A warm contemporary fable bursting with colourful characters and comic energy' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREAL READERS ADORE \u003ci\u003eTHE BEST THINGS\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A well written, \u003cb\u003ewarm hug of a read\u003c\/b\u003e. Something \u003cb\u003emuch neede\u003c\/b\u003ed in these days of doom and gloom'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is \u003cb\u003eeverything I would have expected\u003c\/b\u003e from the \u003cb\u003ewonderful Mel Giedroyc\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eFunny and touching\u003c\/b\u003e*****'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eI could hear Mel \u003c\/b\u003ereading this book! \u003cb\u003eTerrific characters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eVery entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e *****'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003elovely, warm cuddle\u003c\/b\u003e of a book'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of \u003cb\u003ethe best things I've read\u003c\/b\u003e this year. \u003cb\u003ePlease read it\u003c\/b\u003e *****'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eI felt like Mel was reading this\u003c\/b\u003e into my ear. I was left with the \u003cb\u003ewarm fuzzys \u003c\/b\u003eat the end****'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Would\u003cb\u003e make a brilliant film\u003c\/b\u003e or sitcom. The \u003cb\u003eParker family \u003c\/b\u003eare a chaotic, \u003cb\u003eloveable bunch'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I \u003cb\u003ezipped\u003c\/b\u003e through it with many an accompanying \u003cb\u003etitter,\u003c\/b\u003e the occasional \u003cb\u003echortle \u003c\/b\u003eand the odd unladylike \u003cb\u003esnort\u003c\/b\u003e. A nice piece of \u003cb\u003eescapism\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eso needed at this time\u003c\/b\u003e ****'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWarm, interesting, clever and funny,\u003c\/b\u003e as well as \u003cb\u003epoignan\u003c\/b\u003et at times. 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