Mums@Home [Paperback]

Sophie King (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Goldmann Wilhelm GmbH (August 31, 2007)
• Language: German
• ISBN-10: 3442464315
• ISBN-13: 978-3442464319
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Sophie King (pen name for Jane Bidder) has been a journalist for over 25 years and contributes regularly to national newspapers and magazines including The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Express.

As Sophie King, she has written five best-selling novels - 'The School Run', Mums@home, Second Time Lucky , The Supper Club and The Wedding Party. All five were published by Hodder & Stoughton.
The Wedding Party was shortlisted for 'Love Story of The Year 2010', an award by the Romantic Novelists Association.

She has also written a series of children's books called "Family Memories" as well as several non-fiction books. Titles include : How To Write Short Stories For Magazines And Get Published; How To Write Your First Novel; How To Write Your Life Story; Tidy Your Room! How to get kids to do jobs they hate ; Everything a Parent Needs to know before their Child goes to University; Everything a Parent Needs to know before their Child goes to Secondary school.

In addition, Sophie has had hundreds of short stories published in magazines such as Woman's Weekly and My Weekly.

Sophie gives regular talks at bookshops and literary festivals including Winchester and Guildford. She runs nationwide workshops and has led a writing course on Thomson Dream, a cruise ship. Until her recent move to Devon, she tutored at Oxford University and West Herts College. For three years, she was writer in residence at HMP Grendon. She has also appeared several times on breakfast television and Woman's Hour, including a recent Christmas programme on rivalry in the kitchen !

In 2005, Sophie won the Elizabeth Goudge Short Story Trophy in 2005 and was a runner up in the Harry Bowling Prize. In addition, she is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association; Women in Journalism; the Society of Women Writers and Journalists and the National Union of Journalists.

She also writes historical novels as Jane Corry. Her recent book THE SECRET OF THE PEARL NECKLACE is currently number nine in the Italian charts.

More details at www.sophieking.info

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If nothing else it made me realise I'm a very happy mum@home, August 15, 2006

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Helen Simpson (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mums@home (Paperback)

If you like the kind of fictional short stories that are usually found in women's magazines then you'll like this. Similar style, but I thought slightly better than Alexander McCall Smith's novels.

Basically it's about ordinary people with ordinary lives and whose characters I found a bit depressing as they all seemed so unhappy with their lot. I prefer books that delve a bit deeper into people and give me more of an emotional rollercoaster ride, food for thought or a more exciting plot. With this you could see where it was going all along. There were a couple of surprises but not on any major level.

2.0 out of 5 stars If nothing else it made me realise I'm a very happy mum@home, August 31, 2006

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Helen Simpson (Leeds, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mums@home (Paperback)

If you like the kind of fictional short stories that are usually found in women's magazines then you'll like this. Similar style, but I thought slightly better than Alexander McCall Smith's novels.

Basically it's about ordinary people with ordinary lives and whose characters I found a bit depressing as they all seemed so unhappy with their lot. I prefer books that delve a bit deeper into people and give me more of an emotional rollercoaster ride, food for thought or a more exciting plot. With this you could see where it was going all along. There were a couple of surprises but not on any major level.