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How it Works: The Wife

By Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris
Series: Ladybirds for Grown-Ups
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How it Works: The Wife by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris is a humorous take on the trials, triumphs, and peculiarities of married life from a wife's perspective. With witty commentary and amusing illustrations, it satirises the everyday experiences and relationships within a marriage, making it both a delightful read and a clever gift for fans of light-hearted humour.
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If you appreciate witty humour combined with cheeky insights into modern life, this book might tickle your funny bone. Drawing on retro illustrations and clever text, it offers a playful examination of the everyday dynamics within a marriage, sure to amuse those who enjoy satirical takes on human relationships.

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How it Works: The Wife

Helps grown-ups with the world about them. With large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable, this title enables grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope.

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Hilarious Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups

This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them.

The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. The subject of the book will greatly appeal to grown-ups.

The eight books in the series feature original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. The other books in the series are:

  • The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness
  • The Ladybird Book of Dating
  • The Ladybird Book of Sheds
  • The Ladybird Book of The Hipster
  • The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis
  • The Ladybird Book of the Hangover
  • How it Works: The Husband

Series: Ladybirds for Grown-Ups

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How it Works: The Wife by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris is a humorous book that has been reviewed positively for its clever and witty take on the roles of a wife, presented in the style of a children's reading primer. Readers appreciate its parody of traditional instructional books, delighting in the satirical insights into marriage and relationships, making it a popular choice for those looking for light-hearted comedy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780718183547

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 October 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Michael Joseph Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 116.0mm

Height: 174.0mm

Weight: 120g

Pages: 56

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Fiction Humour Jason Hazeley Joel Morris Penguin Books Series: Ladybirds for Grown-Ups

About the Author

Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris are the award-winning authors of the bestselling Ladybird Books For Grown-Ups series. They write for Charlie Brooker's BAFTA award-winning Wipe shows, and co-wrote Cunk on Shakespeare, Cunk on Christmas and Cunk on Britain. They have also written for the award-winning Murder in Successville, the award-winning Miranda, the award-winning Mitchell & Webb, the award-winning Armstrong & Miller and a long list of shows and people both award-winning and so-far-award-avoiding. They created and wrote the critically lauded but as yet un-awarded ngstr m for BBC Radio 4, and helped write both the award-winning Paddington movies. They are co-creators of spoof local newspaper The Framley Examiner (awards pending) and the bestselling but still-waiting-to-be-award-winning offbeat travel guides Bollocks to Alton Towers and Far from the Sodding Crowd. They present the podcast Rule of Three (Guardian Guide Best 50 Podcasts 2018 - is that an award?) and divide their time between their office, where they keep their awards, and an award-winning pub.

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