Description |
284 pages |
Summary |
Get set for another comedic corker from D.J. Connell. Meet Sherry Cracker: loner, obsessive note-taker and lover of tartan trousers. She works for Mr Chin, a penny-pinching, straight-talking man who runs a business collecting unwanted gold from dentists. One Friday afternoon, Mr Chin uncharacteristically gives her #xC2;#xA3;100 and a weekend in which to transform her life. Thinking new-age therapy the way forward, Sherry has an unfortunate series of meetings with therapist-cum-fraudster Mr Tanderhill (whose sidekick Shanks steals her purse whilst she is under hypnosis), the psychotherapist Bijou Poulet and Lady Luck. After her endeavours of self-discovery prove fruitless she decides that she needs to make real friends to truly change her life. Pretty soon she meets Nigel, a runaway boy who is being pursued by policewoman Big Trish and a tranvestite, Jocelyn, who spends her days walking around the communal gardens in a fuchsia pink trench with pet pooch Herb Alpert. When Sherry spots a |
Genre/Form |
Reading nook.
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ISBN |
9780007332199 paperback |
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000733219X paperback |
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