Gil McNeil

Here Annie works as a producer of TV advertisements (I think) while parenting her precocious and extremely rude son Charlie and caring for her eccentric Uncle Monty.

I enjoyed this one less than 'Stand by Your Man', partly because I found the way Annie let her son speak to her continually disconcerting and partly because there is no way the romantic relationship she ends up with will last 5 minutes.

I must have read this the first time when my children were small and I related in an immediate way to the humorous (but fairly realistic) portrayal of toddlers'/preschoolers' little quirks. Even now, this made me smile a lot and the reference to 'Thomas the Incredibly Boring Tank Engine' made me laugh out loud. I appreciated Alice and Molly being quietly excellent at their jobs, and all the various romances were very sweet.

reminds me of the Blossom street books. not much action, kept waiting for more action or suspense, but good character development kept me reading

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