The Tent, the Bucket and Me
My Family's Disastrous Attempts to Go Camping in the 70s
$37.72
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2010
Summary
Pack your suitcases, we’re off! A hilarious Seventies childhood memoir of utterly disastrous family camping trips, now the inspiration for the major BBC series THE KENNEDYS.
For the 70s 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091926793 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0091926793 |
| Author: | Emma Kennedy |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 243g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
Frighteningly hilarious
Frighteningly hilarious – DAWN FRENCH
An invigorating, warm-hearted and often hysterial read … Brilliant * Time Out *
I love her writing – JON RONSON
Offers all you could ask for in terms of lovingly remembered period details, comical pratfalls and well-justified swearing * Daily Mail *
Jaw achingly funny from cover to cover … it will strike a chord with seasoned campers everywhere * Caravan, Motorhome and Camping Mart *
I love camping! Relive the experience with Emma et al - you can almost taste the smell of the damp canvas – JO BRAND
Laugh-out-loud funny * Elle *
Hilarious * Heat *
You really ought to take Emma Kennedy on holiday with you. In book-form only. Never, ever, in person – DAVE GORMAN
It’s sly descriptions of chaotic familys are a shrewd commentary on family life * Sainsbury’s magazine *
About The Author
Emma Kennedy
Emma Kennedy is a bestselling author, TV writer, actress and presenter. She has written ten books including her bestselling memoirs, The Tent the Bucket and Me and I Left My Tent in San Francisco. She wrote the Wilma Tenderfoot series for children and has also adapted The Tent the Bucket and Me for the BBC, renamed The Kennedys. The Time of Our Lives is Emma’s second adult novel.
As an actress Emma has appeared in many award-winning comedies including Goodness Gracious Me, People Like Us and Miranda. Emma won Celebrity Masterchef in 2012 and is a Guinness World Record holder.
Emma lives in Surrey with her wife and their dogs, and is hard at work on her next novel.
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