By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When everything is finally turned upside down on the night of her party, Fran has to choose between finding a way to recreate herself or give in to the alcoholism that runs in her family and potentially ruin her children’s childhood. However, with The Zone about to become the focus of a Channel Four reality show, the pressure is on.

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Alors pour oublier qu'elle est devenue une desperate housewife, Fran prend un ou deux verres de chardonnay. Audio Books (1) 2010 (1) 6/08 (1) alcoholism (1) August (1) books by women (2) breasts (2) Britain (1) British (3) chick lit (9) contemporary (3) contemporary British fiction (2) England (2) fiction (19) finished (1) Frauenliteratur (3) German (3) HH (2) humor (9) i-own-it-but-not-read-it (1) Leseexemplar (1) library (3) London (3) Maria Beaumont (1) mooched (1) motherhood (4) my-ebooks (1) Neue Frau (2) occasion (1) paperback (2) piment (1) read (6) read in 2004 (2) to-read (3) wer ist Mr.Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition.

Imagine writing a book so rude and sweary that you were too embarrassed to let your parents read it? Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Bahrain Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Virgin Islands (U. Elle a du mal à se lever, ne sait plus comment s'habiller, oublie les entraînements de foot de son fils et les paniers repas de sa fille, éprouve les pires difficultés à faire bonne figure devant les impitoyables mamans à la sortie de l'école, et elle sent bien que les excuses de son mari pour rentrer tard du bureau ne sont pas purement professionnelles. Un beau mari, deux charmants enfants, une maison de rêve, dans un quartier chic de Londres : Fran a tout pour être heureuse.It chronicles the approaching midlife of Fran Clark, a talented former voice over actress living in London. I didn’t have a dedication page in the book, so I’d like to take this opportunity to thank every member of every dysfunctional family I know for the inspiration,” she laughed.

I thought it impossible to come up with a pseudo - I wanted to be Paige Turner but Matt (my husband) said that was really naff. Fran’s relationship with her husband suffers from what sadly happens far too often after children are born.Hachette Book Group is a leading book publisher based in New York and a division of Hachette Livre, the third-largest publisher in the world. Things are looking good and with the arrival of Karl, a multi-talented dancer, her love life's on the up too.