Kathy Lette
Auteur de How to Kill your Husband (and other handy household hints)
A propos de l'auteur
Kathy Lette first achieved literary success as a teenager with Puberty Blues. After several years as a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York, and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures, her novels Girls' Night Out, The Llama Parlour, Foetal Attraction, Mad Cows, Alter Ego, and Nip afficher plus n' Tuck became international bestsellers. She lives in London with her husband and two children afficher moins
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Œuvres de Kathy Lette
The Revenge Club: the wickedly witty new novel from a million copy bestselling author (2024) 4 exemplaires
All Steamed Up 3 exemplaires
Hate at First Sight [short story] 1 exemplaire
Justice (short work) 1 exemplaire
Foetal Attraction / Girls' Night Out 1 exemplaire
Lençóis de Cetim 1 exemplaire
Die Sushi-Schwestern 1 exemplaire
The Revenge Club 1 exemplaire
Hogyan tegyük tönkre a férjünket 1 exemplaire
Hogyan öljük meg a férjünket 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society: Breast Cancer Care Short Story Collection (2009) — Contributeur — 92 exemplaires
The Dictionary of Failed Relationships: 26 Tales of Love Gone Wrong (2003) — Contributeur — 56 exemplaires
21: 21 Picador Authors Celebrate 21 Years of International Writing (1993) — Contributeur — 53 exemplaires
Things I Wish I'd Known: Women tell the truth about motherhood (2015) — Contributeur — 13 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1958-11-11
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Lieux de résidence
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
London, England, UK - Professions
- novelist
columnist
Sitcom writer
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 39
- Aussi par
- 10
- Membres
- 2,011
- Popularité
- #12,800
- Évaluation
- 3.0
- Critiques
- 44
- ISBN
- 274
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 6
Given the title and description of this anthology, I was hoping for a light-hearted read, but unfortunately, “laugh-out-loud” funny or “witty” it was not. I won’t be sharing individual ratings for the fifteen stories in this anthology like I usually do in my other reviews, simply because I have mixed feelings about most of them (arising from my preconceived notions for which I blame the title and the description, once again) and had I not been expecting a stronger element of wit or humor, this anthology would have garnered a higher rating.
As with most anthologies, I did like some more than others. Double Date by Lucy Vine, Care Home Capers by Wendy Hood and Go Your Own Way by Kimberley Adams were entertaining reads and I was mildly amused by a few others (Jenny Bean, Calamity Queen by Julia Wood, Glue by Clare Shaw and Hapless by R. Malik). Shopping For England by Kim Clayden, The Art of Genital Persuasion by Kathy Lette and Sorry, Delivery by Paula Lennon featured interesting premises but needed to be explored further.
Two of these stories surprised me in that they just broke my heart, which I’m quite sure wasn’t the intent of this book. I’m sorry, but I can't be that person who finds any kind of humor/amusement in certain themes. [ A story that features a woman being fat-shamed and blamed for her childlessness by her mother-in-law ( Ways With Mince by Kathryn Simmonds) or one about a woman on a cathartic and emotionally draining journey as she coming to terms with her role in the dissolution of her friendship with her childhood best friend (Nothing Compared To You by Annemarie Cancienne) ]. Unbound by Jean Ende was a moving read, but You Can't Get There From Here by J.Y. Saville, Fake It Till You Hate It by Sadia Azmat and Poets Rise Again by Josie Long failed to make an impact.
Though I did like several of the stories in this anthology, I can't help feeling a tad disappointed. I respect the fact that the same book/story might evoke different reactions from its readers, and while I wouldn't discourage anyone from exploring this anthology, in my humble opinion it would be wise to approach it keeping in mind that it might not be as entertaining as the description suggests.
Many thanks to Farrago for the digital review copy via NetGalley. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. This book was published on April 25, 2024.… (plus d'informations)