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How to Survive Family Holidays

The hilarious memoir from the stars of Travels with my Father
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How to Survive Family Holidays offers a hilarious and heartfelt guide to travelling with family, drawing on the vast experience of the Whitehall family. Blending memoir with practical advice, Jack, Michael, and Hilary Whitehall share amusing anecdotes and valuable tips inspired by their popular Netflix series Travels With My Father. This book combines humour with genuine insights to help readers navigate the trials and joys of family holidays.
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This book is ideal for fans of family comedy, travel enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a lighthearted yet insightful read on surviving journeys with relatives.

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One part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive your family holiday, by Jack Whitehall, with a little bit of help from Michael and Hilary Whitehall.

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'Screamingly funny...a splendidly effervescent and enjoyable book' Daily Mail

One part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive family holidays.

No one has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. They've given us a window into their escapades in the hit Netflix show, Travels With My Father, and in this brilliantly funny book they've pooled their advice for fellow travellers. In doing so they are sharing some of their best anecdotes, their most extreme experiences and their most valuable advice. It's part memoir of family life, part travel guide and full-on, laugh-out-loud funny.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780751583908

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sphere

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Jack Whitehall (Author)

Jack Whitehall is an award winning actor, comedian, presenter and writer, widely celebrated for 5 series of his hit show Travels with my Father on Netflix, writing and starring in three series of Bad Education for the BBC, playing Paul Pennyfeather in Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall also for the BBC and creating the character of JP in the award winning Fresh Meat for Channel 4.

A regular team member on eight series of Sky One's A League Of Their Own, he has appeared three times on the Royal Variety Performance, including becoming the youngest ever host in 2015 and has also hosted the prestigious Brit Awards for the last three years.

An acclaimed comedian, in 2019/20 Jack toured his fifth and biggest ever stand up show around arenas in the UK, Australia and Dubai, which was also filmed for Netflix.

He can be seen starring in two films this year, Disney's Jungle Cruise with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Emily Blunt and also in Clifford The Big Red Dog for Paramount. He is about to start filming on Robots in which he plays the lead opposite Shailene Woodley.

This is his second book collaboration with his father Michael, following on from 'Him and Me.'

Michael Whitehall (Author)

Michael Whitehall was a leading theatrical agent and producer, whose clients included Nigel Havers, Edward Fox, Judi Dench and Colin Firth. He produced The Good Guys, Noah's Ark and Element of Doubt for ITV, as well as numerous theatrical productions around the UK and in the West End.

He appeared with Jack on their show Backchat for the BBC and subsequently 5 series of Travels With My Father for Netflix. A regular guest in Dictionary Corner on Channel 4's Countdown, he also co hosted Hard To Please OAP's for ITV as well as appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox for Stand Up To Cancer with Jack and Hilary.

His books include Shark Infested Waters, Backing Into The Spotlight and Him and Me co-authored with Jack.

Hilary Whitehall (Author)

Hilary Whitehall. Daughter, sister, wife, mother and recent grandmother. When not busy attending to the various needs of members of her family, she occasionally manages to work as an actress (Fierce Creatures, The Bill, Woof, Miranda and Bad Education) and photographer.

Her latest endeavour is creating and voicing the character of Miss Petunia in the Warner Brothers children's animation series 'Moley.'

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