Take Someone Like Me
  • Published: 2 April 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099492436
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $55.00

Take Someone Like Me

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From the author of Lessons in Duck Shooting, a brilliantly funny and warm-hearted read in the bestselling tradition of I Don't Know How She Does It

Libby always thought her life was well-ordered, charmed even: three gorgeous daughters, a husband who adores her, friends to see her through thick and thin. But lately, with one daughter in a constant fit of teenage sulks, a ten-year-old questioning everything in the universe and beyond, and a husband who seems to see her mainly as the manager of school runs, ironed shirts and a well-stocked fridge, motherhood is showing some of its distinctly uglier sides. But Libby soldiers on, taking her youngest to an environmental group to find answers to all those pesky universe questions, navigating egg-shells to confront her oldest about that tell-tale silver-foil packet of 21 tiny pills and cramming in some time for rekindling the spark in her marriage after the eight o'clock news.

Until one day, she's had enough. She used to have more to talk about than the PTA and the price of apples at the supermarket; she used to have something to drive her life, a purpose behind things. And she wants that back - or at least some of it. So when she meets Daniel, attractive, passionate and engagingly spontaneous, she knows the turning point has come. But as domestic disaster and emotional calamity descend on the Blake household, Libby soon realizes that it's not simply a matter of starting all over again...
  • Published: 2 April 2007
  • ISBN: 9780099492436
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $55.00
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About the author

Jayne Buxton

Jayne Buxton is the author of Lessons in Duck Shooting and Take Someone Like Me and a consultant and spokesperson in the field of work-life balance. After her non-fiction book Ending the Mother War was published in 1998 she became a regular contributor to press, radio and conference discussions about working parents and workplace change. She co-founded Flametree, a specialist work-life balance consultancy for working parents. She lives in London with her husband and three children.

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Praise for Take Someone Like Me

'The author has a way of conveying break up woes we can all relate to. If you've got the winter blues, this will give you hope

New Woman

A charming romantic comedy

Red

A great light-hearted read

My Weekly

Inciteful, humorous and engaging

Lancashire Evening Post

An hilarious look at life as a single mum. Wickedly funny, warm and wonderfully perceptive, it's great for those long, cold, dark winter nights

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

An amazing story

Vanessa Feltz, BBC London

Literate chick-lit ... Jayne Buxton is a funny writer who knows that humour is in the detail

Boston Globe

This is one that you won't want to miss - a wonderful debut novel

Armchair Interviews.com

Intelligent chick-lit ... This laugh-out-loud debut will captivate readers

Publishers Weekly