Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams. The second chapter is the weakest: their TV is stolen, the family has nothing else to do so they decide to take a ride and see a bit of nature. What follows is the most ridiculous and far-fetched resolution to a burglary EVER. Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.6 Ocr_module_version 0.0.13 Openlibrary_edition urn:oclc:869828841 Republisher_date 20120529073539 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20120528012023 Scanner scribe1.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Worldcat (source edition)

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urn:lcp:crummymummymepuf00anne:epub:185caa6b-5237-445f-a865-5c91bde25c61 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier crummymummymepuf00anne Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1tf0xz73 Isbn 0140328769 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-04-11 14:11:41 Boxid IA180901 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City London Donor Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.