Product Description

Growing up in the Seventies, we were on the brink of the modern age. But despite a brave new world of Casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holiday. For the Seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves.For Emma Kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they went. Whether it was swept away by a force ten gale on the Welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of France, family holidays always left them battered and bruised. But they never gave up. Emma's memoir, "The Tent, the Bucket and Me", is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1535 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Review
"It's laugh-out-loud funny"
--Elle

About the Author
Emma Kennedy is an actress and writer who has appeared in many award-winning comedy shows including Goodness Gracious Me and The Smoking Room. She has won the Comedy Lounge Best Actress Award and the British Television Advertising Craft Award for Best Actress. She has been writing for Radio 4 and 2 for over a decade and has won Sony Awards for the Sunday Format and The Now Show. She also wrote the critically acclaimed documentary series, Who Wears The Trousers and the hugely successful radio adaptation of The Papers Of AJ Wentworth (Retd). For television, she has written Tracey Beaker and Kerching for CBBC and has written several documentaries for Channel 4. Her first book was How to Bring Up Your Parents.

Customer Reviews

OMG Buy this now!
If I could have given this 10 stars - I would have done. The funniest thing I have read for years and all so familiar! I took it to the hairdressers to read when I was having my hair coloured and then sat and snorted and giggled for an hour. Eventually I had to tell everyone what I was reading and then ended up reading it out to roars of laughter from everyone in there! Sorry if that constitutes a public performance but a truly truly funny read - please go and buy it NOW! you will not be sorry! Poor Emma - all I can say is I hope her holidays have improved massively!

Emma Kennedy talks about her new book The Tent, The Bucket and Me
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2KNV7RUY2LCCI Emma Kennedy talks about her new book The Tent, The Bucket and Me

Wow
This book is brilliant. I enjoyed the first book, but this one is so much better it's like the author was only teasing. She brings the characters to life so vividly, and entertainingly, I was absorbed from the first page. Honestly, wander into a bookshop, pick it up, and try the first chapter. If you don't love it, well frankly you're not the person I thought you were, and I'm a little disappointed in you.

No caveats here - this is flipping excellent. Literally can't recommend it enough.