One For My Baby

Author: Tony Parsons

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $8.00 NZD
  • : 9780006514817
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : Harper Element
  • :
  • : 0.271
  • : July 2001
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • :
  • : Tony Parsons
  • :
  • : Paperback
  • : New edition
  • :
  • : English
  • : very good
  • : 400
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9780006514817
9780006514817

Description

New novel about men, love and relationships by the author of the Book of the Year, Man and Boy. Alfie Budd found the perfect woman with whom to spend the rest of his life, and then lost her. He doesn't believe you get a second chance at love. Returning to the England he left behind during the brief, idyllic time of his marriage, Alfie finds the rest of his world collapsing around him. He takes comfort in a string of pointless, transient affairs with his students at Churchill's Language School, and he tries to learn Tai Chi from an old Chinese man, George Chang. Will Alfie ever find a family life as strong as the Changs'? Can he give up meaningless sex for a meaningful relationship? And how do you play it when the woman you like has a difficult child who is infatuated with a TV wrestler known as The Slab? Like his runaway bestseller, Man and Boy, Tony Parsons's new novel is full of laughter and tears, biting social comment and overwhelming emotion.

Promotion info

New novel about men, love and relationships by the author of the Book of the Year, Man and Boy. Alfie Budd found the perfect woman with whom to spend the rest of his life, and then lost her. He doesn't believe you get a second chance at love. Returning to the England he left behind during the brief, idyllic time of his marriage, Alfie finds the rest of his world collapsing around him. He takes comfort in a string of pointless, transient affairs with his students at Churchill's Language School, and he tries to learn Tai Chi from an old Chinese man, George Chang. Will Alfie ever find a family life as strong as the Changs'? Can he give up meaningless sex for a meaningful relationship? And how do you play it when the woman you like has a difficult child who is infatuated with a TV wrestler known as The Slab? Like his runaway bestseller, Man and Boy, Tony Parsons's new novel is full of laughter and tears, biting social comment and overwhelming emotion. / Major marketing campaign / An author who is highly visible in the media / UK Sales of Man and Boy over 1 million copies and rising! A year in the Booktrack 25 Paperback Fiction / Competition: Nick Hornby