The Family Way

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• Fertile imagination

  The Family Way by Tony Parsons HarperCollins £17.99, pp352 Setting out to write chick lit for men, Tony Parsons began by inverting the rules of the original genre: Man and Boy, One For My Baby and Man and Wife were bestsellers because they lifted the ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• Women trouble

  The Family Way by Tony Parsons 352pp, HarperCollins, £17.99 As a novelist, Tony Parsons has granted women a peek into the way men "really" think. Now, four books down the line, he tackles what women really feel about motherhood. The Family Way is the ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

3 Reviews

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  It is unusual to read novels about such emotional issues as families and parenthood that are written by men. Tony Parsons does it amazingly well and with The Family Way he has produced another story of love and fulfilment with great emotion and humour.
  Cat , Jessica and Megan three sisters whos ... (continue)

  It is unusual to read novels about such emotional issues as families and parenthood that are written by men. Tony Parsons does it amazingly well and with The Family Way he has produced another story of love and fulfilment with great emotion and humour.
  Cat , Jessica and Megan three sisters whose mother deserted them when they were eleven, seven and three respectively. The day she left was the day Cat’s childhood ended and she was left with her father and a series of au-pairs and nannies to help her sisters grow up. They are now all grown up with partners, struggling to cope with work, sex, love and the real meaning of family.
  The issues are all sensitively dealt with and one feels able to empathise with all the characters. Basically a story about love and parenthood it all seems to come right in the end. Well for most of the characters anyway!

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  Tony Parson's novels have been my favorite books in recent years. This time he delves into the minds of women and I think he has done a good job. I can't wait to read his new novels.

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  Isabel Leung said on Oct 1, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  really love the relationships of the three sisters, as well as their own love affairs with their partners
  it made me think about my view towards "family"

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  Ta said on Jan 29, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 528 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0007203438
• ISBN-13: 9780007203437
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
• Pub date: Apr 01, 2005
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook

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