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Saturday, 23 March 2013

The Other Woman – Jane Green

“There were three of us in the marriage.” Ellie can’t push Princess Diana’s infamous words out of her mind, except Ellie isn’t dealing with a mistress, but with a matriach, and she can’t decide which is worse… The Coopers were everything Ellie had always wanted. A large, loving family, parents Linda and Michael doted on their three children, and when Ellie married Dan, their eldest son, she was thrilled when they welcomed her in and treated her as one of their own. But Linda, who started off as the perfect mother quickly turns into the mother-in-law from hell, and once Dan and Ellie returns from their honeymoon and the Coopers’ dysfunctions start to reveal themselves, Ellie wonders whether she’s made a terrible mistake. Constant rows with her husband and a simmering fury with her new family, the arrival of baby Tom should ease Ellie’s insecurities, but instead sets off a chain of events that threatens everything Ellie has always dreamed of…

Monday, 27 August 2012

God, No! Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales – Penn Jillette

From the larger, louder half of the world-famous magic duo Penn & Teller comes a scathingly funny reinterpretation of The Ten Commandments. They are The Penn Commandments, and they reveal one outrageous and opinionated atheist's experience in the world. In this rollicking yet honest account of a godless existence, Penn takes readers on a roller coaster of exploration and flips conventional religious wisdom on its ear to reveal that doubt, skepticism, and wonder all signs of a general feeling of disbelief are to be celebrated and cherished, rather than suppressed. And he tells some pretty damn funny stories along the way. From performing blockbuster shows on the Vegas Strip to the adventures of fatherhood, from an ongoing dialogue with proselytizers of the Christian Right to the joys of sex while scuba diving, Jillette's self-created Decalogue invites his reader on a journey of discovery that is equal parts wise and wisecracking.
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