Ladies of Letters.com [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Carole Hayman (Author), Lou Wakefield (Author)

Book Description

Series: Radio Collection | Publication Date: June 2003

Taken from the third successful BBC Radio 4 series starring Patricia Routledge and Prunella Scales, these episodes see a trembling in cyberspace as Vera and Irene discover the joys of e-mail. There are the usual domestic mishaps to fret about: Irene's daughter Lesley is refusing to marry the worthy but boring Brian; Vera's exhausted daughter Karen has abandoned her third baby at the hospital and eloped with a male nurse; and Vera's gay son Howard and his partner Anthony are trying for a baby - with the help of a surrogate mother and a television crew. As Irene and Vera fall in and out of friendship they accuse each other of everything from alcoholism to metal illness (in a loving, caring way, of course). Their hilarious put-downs and gossip give a wonderful insight into the trials of modern family life.

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Review

'Quite honestly, as I laid the last letter aside I felt a better person for having glimpsed behind the net curtains of Mrs Small's and Mrs Spencer's suburban life' - SUE TOWNSEND --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield are professional actresses as well as accomplished comedy writers. They correspond in London. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: BBC Audiobooks (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0563494409
• ISBN-13: 978-0563494409
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,850,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ladies of Letters.Com, October 1, 2011

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Three 1/2 stars
Ladies of letters.com is a funny little book. For those who want to follow the continuing adventures of Irene Spencer and Vera Small, this is of course a must-read. If you haven't read any ladies of letters books, you must read the first (called simply "ladies of letters" or in "Ladies of Letters and More" which contains this first and second books for the same price!). While I laughed aloud plenty of times, I felt like Ladies of Letters.com became a bit too much like a soap-opera. While the ladies have always gotten themselves into bizarre situations, I found that their globe-trekking, combined with long-lost relatives and family drama that got strange even for them, was a bit much. But that could just be me.