Lessons In Duck Shooting
  • Published: 2 January 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099492429
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $19.99

Lessons In Duck Shooting

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When you're a divorced mother of two, finding Mr Right sometimes requires a little help ...

A wonderfully warm and touching debut novel in the bestselling tradition of The Bad Mother's Handbook

Ally James' life is in dire need of a makeover. Juggling the demands of a neurotic boss, the sudden appearance of her ex-husband's latest arm candy and the endless whirl of school runs and fish sticks seems to have become a mammoth effort of late. And watching The Little Mermaid with her kids is probably the closest she has come to an exciting date in years. So when her best friend Mel persuades, or rather bullies, her into a dating seminar, Ally finds herself reluctantly giving in. Marina Boyd, American relationship guru extraordinaire, claims that all you need is some shrewd self-marketing and a steady stream of trial men -- or, to use her term, 'duck decoys' -- and you're on a sure-fire road to Mr Right.

Ally's not so sure, though. Can packaging and promoting possibly be the same as dating and falling in love? And how on earth would you find the time for a makeover, a direct mail campaign and a branding programme when you're busy putting out fires at home?

Ally is about to find out ...
  • Published: 2 January 2006
  • ISBN: 9780099492429
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $19.99
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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 Lessons In Duck Shooting

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

This debut novel is a fresh, thoroughly enjoyable read

Sarah Broadhurst