Author:Sally Norton
Is that gurgle the best you can do? With five years of pleasure ahead of you, there are 101 amusing and infuriating things for you to get up to . . .
Go ahead . . .
· Play your jam sandwich in the DVD machine.
· Worship the cardboard box your most expensive present came in.
· Stick that pea right up your nose.
· Take your place in the middle of your parents' bed.
· Drop that tiny car in the massive ball pit and scream until your scrambling parents unearth it.
After all, you're only young once.
Destined to make new parents laugh and/or cry, Sally Norton's hilarious 101 Things to Do Before You're Five coaches babies through the essential skills to be mastered in those pre-school days, while guiding grown-ups through the 'joys' of those first five crucial years.
A wonderfully assured writer
—— Sunday TimesJuliet, Naked is ingenious, funny and moving
—— Daily MailA comic delight. In Juliet, Naked the author once again deftly but affectionately anatomizes the foibles of flawed men and women
—— Evening StandardSharp, funny, touching . . . Nick Hornby's triumph is to find infinite amounts of warmth and humour in this seeming world of desolation
—— Daily TelegraphBurch approaches his task with vigour and pace, exploring the therapeutic failures of doctors over the ages...there is much of interest as the story unfolds
—— Irish TimesBurch leads us through an array of shocking and surprising medical practices
—— Financial TimesIntriguing and informed
—— Tom Whipple , The TimesTwenty-five essay-chapters examine 'cures' such as aspirin and thalidomide, all with a good bedside manner
—— Sunday TelegraphThis is a gripping history of the blundering progress of medicine
—— Christopher Hirst , IndependentA fascinating and irreverent history of medicine and those who've claimed to understand it, written by an NHS doctor with searing intelligence and a lively wit
—— Good Book GuideMore complex - and funny - than one would ever imagine ... It's a candid account of a woman unafraid to reveal the scared, jealous, and immature sides of herself while painting a portrait of her rollicking, fun-loving Irish Catholic parents and brothers who bolster her, and the husband who understands and loves her
—— San Francisco ChronicleCorrigan infuses her prose with vivacity and humor. She explores that process called growing up, and how it can happen in a defining moment, like a lightening strike, but also how it is illuminated in less dramatic ones, like flickers of heat lightning in a summer sky
—— BookPage