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| My Life on a Plate | 
 enlarge | Author: India Knight
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  66 reviews
Sales Rank: 68854
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0140281878
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140281873
ASIN: 0140281878
Publication Date: July 6, 2000
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Publisher: PenguinDate of Publication: 2000Binding: PaperbackCondition: Very GoodDescription: 0140281878 Generally a very sound and readable unannotated copy. Dispatched by established Cambridge UK bookseller.
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 A waste of time January 17, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It irritates me hugely when I read a book and think I really could have done better myself. I am no novelist and am really fed up of journalists who think that they are. There is absolutely no art in this writing, the plot is paper-thin, the characters one dimensional and the outcome predictable and smug. This book is just another Bridget Jones wannabe but this time with kids. STOP IT
Awful January 16, 2001
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Do not buy this book under any circumstances. The plot and characterisations are woeful. I usually enjoy India Knight's column in the Sunday Times but this book was lazy and ill conceived.
More Nancy Mitford than Stevie Smith December 20, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked this book. Sometimes things are dark in the world of lonely (albeit married) mothers of 2, and what you need is a book like this. It is wholly shallow and materialistic, but sometimes that's exactly what the doctor calls for. I loved this for the same reasons i enjoy Nancy Mitford. Glorious luxuries and ludicrously extreme characters. It only took a few hours, but, being a v. busy mumsy that's all the time i've got - thanks for that! I believe it owns that precious nugget of truth!!
 Hmmm, How did that happen? November 24, 2000
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What a deeply imperfect book! The characters are at best flimsy. The storyline itself is not believeable. There are inconsistencies throughout. It is shallow, and at times seems little more than a blatant attempt to cash in on the Bridget Jones phenomenon. If this is all that India Knight has in her head then the word worthless springs to mind. AND YET - an amusing and sometimes compelling read. How did that happen?
 a really sad, sweet read November 19, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
although maybe not the most exciting of novels, i could really relate to the main character, clara. i really liked the fact that she was an average person instead of some kind of fairytale heroine. although sad, the ending was really inspiring. pleasant, if not enthralling.
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