The Best Things, Mel Giedroyc
The Best Things, Mel Giedroyc
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The Best Things
The Sunday Times bestseller and a funny, feel-good story of a family on the brink

Author: Mel Giedroyc

Narrator: Mel Giedroyc

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Review

Published: 04/01/2021


Synopsis

Could the worst day of Sally Parker's life be the best thing that ever happened to her?

THE DELICIOUSLY WARM AND LIFE-AFFIRMING NOVEL FROM THE MUCH-LOVED MEL GIEDROYC

'A real treat. I enjoyed it HUGELY' MARIAN KEYES
'I enjoyed it so, so much - a brilliant cast of characters and properly funny!' GRAHAM NORTON
'This book is a riot! Delicious in its detail. Had me wincing and laughing all the way along' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'Wonderfully warm and uplifting, full of unforgettable characters and so much heart' RICHARD ROPER
'Exactly like Mel herself: engaging, uproarious and gleeful. A stonking good read' JO BRAND
'A warm contemporary fable bursting with colourful characters and comic energy' DAILY MAIL
'A warm, honest and humorous look at a family and what really matters in life. Brimming with hilarious scenes and one-liners, it is also a redemptive book, and one of hope' WOMAN & HOME

Sally Parker had a morbid fear of big social events and it was for this reason that she was crouching down low in the shoe section of her wardrobe...

Sally Parker is struggling to find the hero inside herself.
All she wants to do is lie down.
Her husband Frank has lost his business, their home and their savings, in one fell swoop. Their bank cards are being declined. The children have gone feral. And now the bailiffs are at the door.
What does an ordinary woman do when the bottom falls out?
Sally Parker is about to surprise everybody.
Most of all herself.

A big-hearted story of a family on the brink, The Best Things is a life-affirming tale of failing, falling and finding a way back up.

(P)2021 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Mel Giedroyc

Mel Giedroyc has been entertaining the nation for over thirty years. A comedian, writer, actor and presenter, Mel is also known for her work alongside Sue Perkins, such as multi Bafta-winning Great British Bake Off (BBC) and Light Lunch (Channel 4). Mel has written two non-fiction books and has appeared in sitcoms and panel shows, as well as on radio and on stage, in Stephen Sondheim's Olivier Award-winning Company in the West End and in Starter for Ten at Bristol's Old Vic. Mel lives in London with her husband and two daughters. Her debut novel The Best Things was a Sunday Times hardback bestseller.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on December 28, 2020

Sally Parker lives in the stockbroker belt in Surrey, she’s married to Frank a wealthy hedge fund manager. Frank is a generous alpha male, a tour de force, brimming with bonhomie and cheesy bon mot. Sally has her ‘life taken care of’ with a staff of many including the lugubrious housekeeper Paloma.......more

This is clearly another opinion of 'didn't live up to expectations'. I have watched Giedroyc on several TV shows over the years, and enjoyed her as a personality, so was looking forward to seeing how her foray into fiction would turn out. I'm sad to say, not well. Like another reviewer, I was utterl......more

Goodreads review by Leah on April 30, 2021

This novel sounded so intriguing. I kind of love seeing rich people get their come-uppances by thinking they'll always be rich and it turns out, they won't. Not when they buy exorbitantly expensive things just for the sake of it, and the person who brings in the money works in the financial sector o......more

Goodreads review by Sid on December 17, 2020

I really like Mel Giedroyc. I find her very funny and extremely engaging, and behind that slightly daffy persona there’s an extremely intelligent mind, so I was hoping for something very good here. I’m afraid I was disappointed. The Best Things relies on a very well-worn trope: a very wealthy woman f......more

Goodreads review by Gem ~ on February 28, 2021

I really couldn't get in to this one at all. I had zero relatable experience with the characters, they were chaotic, selfish braggarts and I couldn't care less how much their designer underwear cost. I was hoping for a light hearted, relatable, humourous story from this author but this wasn't it.......more