A01=Doris Dorrie
Author_Doris Dorrie
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Product details
- ISBN 9780747557814
- Weight: 210g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 2002
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Meet Fred Kaufmann, disillusioned husband of thoroughly competent Claudia and father of surly teenager Franka. His dreams of being a film director have long ago been shelved for marriage and a child. While Claudia sells her successful vegetarian take-away out to a fast-food chain and buys into Buddhism, her spouse is trapped in the throes of a classic midlife crisis, made worse when a young guru and Franka find each other irresistible. In this hilarious and touching social comedy Fred chaperones his daughter to the meditation centre in the South of France with the hope that brown rice and hardcore meditation will cure Franka's obsession. But as a bizarre set of events unfolds Fred embarks on a journey of self discovery that only a special kind of hero can survive.
Doris Dorrie is the celebrated film director of many films including the witty feminist comedy MEN and most recently ENLIGHTENMENT GUARANTEED, due for release in 2001. She is also the author of a number of novels and collections of stories, including LOVE, PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING (1989) and WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? (1992), both of which have been published in English.
