Dawn French’s first Novel, “A Tiny Bit Marvellous” if her first novel and has so far become a number one best seller in the UK. The story follows Mo Battle, a child psychiatrist who is turning 50, and is trying to manage her family. As is expected this is proving quite difficult with a rebellious 17 year old daughter Mo and a slightly eccentric younger son Peter or should I say “Oscar”. There is also the issue of her distant husband as she describes it and the outside comfort of her mother. This all come to a head with her realising the things have to change.
For me this was an entertaining read with several comical scenes scattered across the novel and amusing narratives that suited each character. The narrative of Mo and tirades of “oh my god” and “like so unfair” fit her character to a “t”. You can easily imagine this becoming a sitcom sometime in the future. However I did find the storyline a bit predictable and would have liked to have heard more of a narrative from the father. But all the same it was a good read.
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