{"product_id":"nina-stibbe-love-nina-2013-hardback","title":"Nina Stibbe: Love, Nina [2013] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e* * * \u003c\/i\u003eWINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS POPULAR NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR * * *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I adored this book, and I could quote from it forever\u003c\/b\u003e. It's real, odd, life-affirming, sharp, loving, and contains more than one reference to Arsenal FC' Nick Hornby,\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Adrian Mole meets Mary Poppins\u003c\/b\u003e mashed up in literary north London . . . Enormous fun' \u003ci\u003eBookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What a beady eye she has for domestic life, and \u003cb\u003ehow deliciously fresh and funny she is\u003c\/b\u003e' Deborah Moggach, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Stibbe's \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina: Despatches from Family Life \u003c\/i\u003eis the laugh-out-loud story of the trials and tribulations of a very particular family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1980s Nina Stibbe wrote letters home to her sister in Leicester describing her trials and triumphs as a nanny to a London family. There's a cat \u003ci\u003enobody\u003c\/i\u003e likes, a visiting dog called Ted Hughes (Ted for short) and suppertime visits from a local playwright. Not to mention the two boys, their favourite football teams, and rude words, a very broad-minded mother and assorted nice chairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the mystery of the unpaid milk bill and the avoidance of nuclear war to mealtime discussions on pie filler, the greats of English literature, swearing in German and sexually transmitted diseases, \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful celebration of bad food, good company and the relative merits of Thomas Hardy and Enid Blyton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e might be the most charming book I've ever read' Maria Semple, author of 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nina Stibbe is the funniest new writer to arrive in years. \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book - a memoir \u003cb\u003eso warm, so witty and so wise, it's like finding the friend you always deserved\u003c\/b\u003e'  Andrew O'Hagan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of 20 Nina Stibbe moved from Leicestershire to London to become a nanny. Later she studied at Thames Polytechnic and worked in publishing. In 2014 her debut novel \u003ci\u003eMan at the Helm \u003c\/i\u003ewas published. \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2014 National Book Awards for Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year. She now lives in Cornwall with her partner and children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stibbe, Nina","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52165540512083,"sku":"9780670922765","price":16.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52165540544851,"sku":"XV80670922765","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/stibbe-nina-nina-stibbe-love-nina-2013-hardback-1198661715.jpg?v=1760988919","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/nina-stibbe-love-nina-2013-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}