Judith Holder – författare
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From that first date - and how it''s all downhill from thereWe all know about the jungle of ''dating''. But once you''ve found your ''special'' friend you''ll have to pretend you like their taste in music, be nice to their mother and pick up their socks, and that''s only year one.By the time you get into grumpy old middle-aged land, you''re firmly on farting terms and over-familiarity has bedded in. The only thing to do with the whole business is to laugh over it, which is the idea of this book.
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There is no one quite like your mother - but along with the unconditional love and understanding, this also means that there is no one else who always knows when you''re fibbing, or where you keep your diary, or the terribly amusing thing you once said at a family wedding when you were five.In an affectionate, amusing and mischievous book, Judith Holder''s tribute to motherhood covers everything from mothers through the ages (it''s not only the Virgin Mary who we wish had had an immaculate conception) to maternal anxiety and those little things she says and why she says them: ''You''re not going out like that'', ''What are you doing inside on a lovely day like today?'', and the classic ''because I said so.''Using interviews and testimonies from mothers and daughters of all ages, this is a humorous look at motherhood and everything that goes with it, with beautifully illustrated and funny line drawings integrated into the text.
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Welcome on board - holidays the Grumpy way!As every Grumpy Old Man and Woman knows, holidays are another way of keeping you all house-trained. They are civilised society''s reminder to you that the tedium of everyday life is actually preferable to a fortnight spent in the company of nagging partners, other people''s brats, bombastic in-laws; and - worse still - people who can''t speak English. As soon as you check in at the airport you are marooned in a sea of screaming babies, dull-faced reps and bland airport food. Count yourself lucky if your optimistic expectation of a good holiday is even remotely fulfilled. Don''t be fooled by the glamorous air-brushed photos of American models with tippexed teeth sitting by laguna pools, cocktail in hand. There may be beautiful sunsets by the beach in the brochure, but you''ll inevitably find that a) you should have booked the neighbouring hotel (and if you''re lucky she''ll tell you so, ''ad nauseam'') b) you picked the rainy/religious holiday/mosquito/plague infestation season - and wonder why it was so cheap and c) you''ll have had too much sex or food by the third or fourth day and be bored of each other, but there''s no-one else to talk to, apart from monosyllabic waiting staff and the ubiquitous Russians. A holiday is supposed to be a lovely break, isn''t it? This book proves that it is the stay-at-homes who have all the fun.
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The highly successful Grumpy Old Woman returns - and this time she''s even grumpier!''It feels like only yesterday I was the youngest person in the room, I had my whole life in front of me. I had time to burn, I spent my whole day snogging boys and backcombing my hair. I was a young thing, with a lovely body, life was fun, and I hadn''t a care in the world. Now - it feels like two minutes later - I''m a little bit old. OK, I''m not in elasticated stockings or on Meals on Wheels whizzing down the stairs on my stairlift, but my life is more than half over. I''ve been there, done that, got the packamac. I''m so old that I remember dances with drum solos, the arrival of unisex hairdressers and had a crush on Ilya Kuryakin. I am up at the top of the hill, and over the other side again. What all this means, is that I am grumpy. But I''ve earnt it... I lived through Boney M and leg warmers and the Crossroads Motel.Obviously in a book this size I wouldn''t be able to share with you ALL of my grumps. But I''ve decided to write down some of the secret thoughts that beset a woman of a certain age, some of the wicked things that occur to a woman who takes a lot of things to the dry cleaners, has to have her roots done every four weeks and finds it hard to wear high heels. And guess what: they still fancy people, still have silly little crushes on people at work, still - shock horror - have sex. You will discover that women of a certain age are just as provocative and turned on as women in their twenties. Probably more so. So get over it. Middle-aged women are sexy, funny and infinitely lovable. They are also taking over the world.''