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Man and Wife (Harry Silver #2)

by Tony Parsons

3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 · rating details · 1,879 ratings · 96 reviews

A novel about love and marriage --

about why we fall in love and why we marry, why we stay and why we go.

Harry Silver is ready to try again at living "happily ever after." It won't be easy: not when he has to juggle his wife, Cyd, and ex-wife, Gina; his son, Pat, and his stepdaughter, Peggy; his own work and his wife's fast-growing career. When Gina announces that she's

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Paperback, 352 pages

Published April 6th 2004 by Touchstone (first published 2000)

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Mar 29, 2009 Mel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

buku ini sequel dari man and boy. di buku pertama, dikisahkan bahwa perkawinan tokoh utama, harry silver, hancur karena affair yang hanya terjadi satu kali. perjuangan menjadi orangtua tunggal, kemudian menata hidup kembali dengan 'cinta' yang lain. dan buku sequel ini mengisahkan kelanjutannya. menjalani kehidupan sebagai keluarga terpadu, saat pasangan ini harus berhadapan juga dengan anak 'bawaan' masing-masing, anak kandung sendiri hasil dari perkawinan sebelumnya, juga dengan para mantan su...more buku ini sequel dari man and boy. di buku pertama, dikisahkan bahwa perkawinan tokoh utama, harry silver, hancur karena affair yang hanya terjadi satu kali. perjuangan menjadi orangtua tunggal, kemudian menata hidup kembali dengan 'cinta' yang lain. dan buku sequel ini mengisahkan kelanjutannya. menjalani kehidupan sebagai keluarga terpadu, saat pasangan ini harus berhadapan juga dengan anak 'bawaan' masing-masing, anak kandung sendiri hasil dari perkawinan sebelumnya, juga dengan para mantan suami/istri mereka -- dengan 'sejarah' yang dibawa oleh tiap pihak. ditambah percikan masalah sedikit di sana-sini dalam pekerjaan, hubungan dengan pasangan, hubungan dengan anak tiri, hingga ke sosok-sosok baru yang seolah menjanjikan kesempatan atau peluang untuk memulai lagi dari awal. godaan untuk mengakhiri kerumitan yang ada, merindukan hal-hal mudah, serba tak rumit, dan beberapa hal lain yang diharapkan namun tak selalu didapatkan. tema yang disajikan memang umum, tapi 'pergumulan' dan perjalanan yang harus dilalui si tokoh utama, menarik untuk saya ikuti sampai habis. manusiawi. tidak terkesan jadi 'pahlawan'.

shit happens. saya rasa kalimat itu cukup dapat mewakili gambaran hidup yang wajar dialami. kadang kita tidak selalu dapat melihat jelas alasan dibalik tiap keputusan yang kita ambil. seperti suatu dering kecil yang mungkin suaranya terlindas oleh suara dan kebisingan lain di sekitar kita-- yang kerap muncul dengan volume lebih keras dan terkesan lebih menuntut perhatian kita. begitu juga dalam pernikahan. juga hidup. sering ada ekspektasi yang tak terungkap dan baru diketahui di kemudian hari. atau bergumul dengan pengandaian-pengandaian ini dan itu, kemungkinan-kemungkinan baru, pencarian yang seperti tak ada ujung. padahal tidak ada jaminan apa kemungkinan baru itu akan menghasilkan sesuatu yang juga benar-benar baru, atau berakhir dengan pola senada. saat resiko tak lagi jadi kendala, ada baiknya untuk memikirkan ulang antara yang kita sukai dan yang kita butuhkan.

"kadang-kadang kita harus menjaga jarak dengan apa-apa yang kita sukai. dan belajar menghargai apa yang kita butuhkan."

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Jan 11, 2009 Faith rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2005

Man nad Wife is the wonderful, or unforgetable, sequel to Man and Boy, like it reads on the cover. I just love them Harry and Pat Silver. The man and the boy. Harry and his boy. That's just so cute, so beautiful.

This time it however isn't so much about the realtionship between the father and the son, as about the relationship between the husband and the wife. The man, Harry, and her (new, although that's not howe he likes to put it) wife, Cyd. This marriage doen't seam to be much better that Ha...more

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Dec 15, 2008 Endah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Apa sesungguhnya arti pernikahan bagi masyarakat modern abad ini? Apakah nilai-nilai yang dianut sekarang tentang pernikahan masih sama dengan dua puluh atau tiga puluh tahun lalu tatkala lembaga agung ini benar-benar dihormati dan dipelihara keutuhannya hingga maut memisahkan? Benarkah pola hidup monogami tak lagi sesuai untuk hari ini?

Bagi Anda yang sudah menikah pernahkah timbul pertanyaan dalam diri Anda apa alasan Anda menikahi pasangan Anda? Karena cintakah atau karena alasan lain? Jika al...more Apa sesungguhnya arti pernikahan bagi masyarakat modern abad ini? Apakah nilai-nilai yang dianut sekarang tentang pernikahan masih sama dengan dua puluh atau tiga puluh tahun lalu tatkala lembaga agung ini benar-benar dihormati dan dipelihara keutuhannya hingga maut memisahkan? Benarkah pola hidup monogami tak lagi sesuai untuk hari ini?

Bagi Anda yang sudah menikah pernahkah timbul pertanyaan dalam diri Anda apa alasan Anda menikahi pasangan Anda? Karena cintakah atau karena alasan lain? Jika alasannya cinta, masihkah cinta itu bertahan hingga kini, merekatkan tali perkawinan itu? Atau sudah menguap dan berganti dengan rasa lainnya? Kalau ya, waspadalah dengan perkawinan Anda.

Saya bukan sedang mengancam atau memberi peringatan. Saya tidak tahu apa-apa soal perkawinan kecuali bahwa menikah itu buat sebagian orang adalah kebahagiaan sementara buat yang lainnya mungkin penderitaan. Tentu pengetahuan itu bukan karena saya mengalaminya secara empiris; hanya mendengar dan menyaksikan kehidupan orang-orang di sekitar saya: ibu bapak saya, adik-adik saya, teman-teman, dan para selebritis di televisi. Plus karena saya baru saja selesai menamatkan Man and Wife, novel renyah karya Tony Parsons.

Man and Wife menceritakan ihwal problema sebuah keluarga terpadu yang coba dibangun oleh seorang pria, Harry Silver. Keluarga terpadu itu adalah istilah bagi orang-orang yang memiliki dua keluarga atau lebih akibat kawin cerai. Seperti dalam buku ini, Harry bercerai dari Gina dan kemudian menikah lagi dengan Cyd. Dari Gina Harry punya satu anak, Pat; sedangkan Cyd punya satu anak dari perkawinan terdahulunya dengan Jimmy, Peggy. Gina juga sudah menikah lagi dengan Richard. Mereka inilah yang disebut “keluarga terpadu” dengan anak-anak yang memiliki orang tua lebih dari satu. Ya seperti Brady Bunch deh.

Harry seorang pria tampan berprofesi sebagai produser sebuah acara serial komedi di televisi. Kehidupan normalnya mulai terasa berubah saat ia bercerai dari Gina (karena Harry selingkuh dengan teman sekantornya). Ia harus berpisah dengan anak kesayangannya, Pat. Ia hanya diberi hak mengunjungi anaknya setiap akhir pekan. Untuk hal ini ia menyebut dirinya–dan semua laki-laki yang senasib dengannya–sebagai “Ayah Hari Minggu”. Ia juga sudah menikah lagi dengan Cyd, wanita anggun pengusaha katering, memiliki satu orang putri dari perkawinan terdahulunya, Peggy.

Tadinya semua kelihatan mudah bagi Harry. Ia sangat mencintai Cyd dan Peggy dan mendambakan kehidupan baru layaknya sebuah keluarga normal. Permasalahan mulai timbul saat keduanya semakin kekurangan waktu untuk bersama-sama lantaran kesibukan masing-masing. Usaha katering Cyd yang kian maju sangat menyita waktu dan energinya. Harry sendiri juga sedang direpotkan oleh urusan pekerjaan yang terancam dihentikan lantaran aktor utamanya terlibat pemakaian obat-obatan terlarang. Pelan namun pasti hubungannya dengan Cyd mendingin. Perkawinan mereka laksana telur di ujung tanduk. Bertambah runyam dengan kehadiran Kazumi, fotografer cantik asal Jepang yang telah memikat hati Harry.

Kisah Harry Silver sangat mudah ditemukan di tengah-tengah kehidupan kita hari ini. Jika bukan kita, bisa jadi itu dialami oleh teman atau sanak saudara kita. Begitu dekat, begitu akrab. Berita kawin-cerai kita saksikan nyaris setiap hari di televisi. Fenomena yang umumnya terjadi di kalangan masyarakat perkotaan ini menyajikan fakta betapa kini lembaga perkawinan seolah-olah tak sakral lagi. Begitu mudah dibangun untuk kemudian mudah pula dihancurkan; bagai rumah yang didirikan di atas fondasi rapuh.

Untuk itu Harry berhak cemburu pada perkawinan orang tuanya yang hanya berakhir saat ayahnya meninggal. Harry adalah produk keluarga utuh dengan ayah ibu yang saling mencintai hingga akhir hayat. Ayah dan ibunya senantiasa hadir ketika ia membutuhkan mereka. Sebagai seorang anak, ia jelas lebih beruntung ketimbang Pat. Pat yang malang. Bocah lelaki 8 tahun ini menjadi korban perceraian orang tuanya dan terpaksa menjalani sebuah kehidupan berkeluarga yang “tidak normal”.

Lazimnya sebuah novel pop, Man and Wife dituturkan dengan bahasa yang renyah disertai kelakar-kelakar segar sebagai bumbu penyedap. Membaca novel-novel jenis ini kita akan merasa sangat terhibur, tetapi ya sampai di situ saja. Tidak lebih. Sama halnya seperti nonton film komedi romantis. Kali ini ala British. Nggak perlu mikir, nikmati saja.***

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Dec 04, 2009 Mia Queen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Bosan. Satu kata yang tepat untuk melukiskan buku ini bagi saya. Awalnya beli sih gara2 tertarik covernya, harga obralan gramedia plus embel2 #1 bestseller.

Ternyata buku ini sequel dan saya sih belum baca yang pertama.
Menceritakan Harry Silver yang memulai hidup dengan istri keduanya, perebutan anak dengan istri pertama, ibunya yang terkena kanker.

Konflik berjalan lambat dan kurang greget. Ditambah lagi dengan karakter Harry yang ternyata saya ga suka. Jadi suami ga tegas, entah itu dengan manta...more

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Nov 02, 2009 Weni rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Buku ini merupakan sekuel dari buku 'Man and Boy'. Tokoh utamanya adalah Harry. Seorang suami dari wanita bernama Gina dan seorang ayah dari anak laki2 bernama Pat. Harry berselingkuh dengan rekan kerjanya, rumah tangganya pun berantakan. Gina pergi ke Jepang, meninggalkan Harry dan Pat. Di akhir cerita 'Man and Boy', Harry yang telah bercerai dengan Gina bertemu dengan Cyd, seorang wanita Amerika dengan satu anak perempuan, Peggy.

Pada 'Man and Wife' diceritakan Harry menikah dengan Cyd, sementa...more

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Jun 26, 2012 Sarah rated it 2 of 5 stars

I read this book on holiday and I'm afraid that's where I left it, knowing I wouldn't want to read it again.
The story is excellently written and Parsons shows a great empathy for the women in Harry's life. But the main character infuriated me to such an extent, I found it difficult to read.
There are some nice touches to the book. Seven-year-old Pat's Star Wars obsession (not shared with his new step father who prefers Harry Potter) for example and his mother's handling of breast cancer is very...more

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Apr 17, 2012 Michael Jenkins rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is the sequel to Man and Boy, I enjoyed what this book had to offer but it was not worth the anticipation, after reading it. Harry Silver is ready to live "happily ever after" again but it is not easy as it sounds, not when he juggles his wife Cyd, his stepdaughter Peggy, his ex wife Gina and their son Pat. Gina's announcement about relocating to another country and taking Pat with her leaves Harry frustrated and disappointed, that will mean that he won't get to see Pat as often. Their bond...more

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Jan 06, 2011 Simon rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Never heard of Parsons before or the prequel & the blurb on back didn't really inspire me either but i had some time to kill at the guest-house I found it at and was pleasantly surprised for the most part. Agree with some reviews that it was overly sentimental at times (not that his feelings were.... just the repetition of the feelings) and the main character an imbecile on occasions but I liked his honesty and humour. Thought he was a very capable writer regarding the complexities of relati...more

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Jul 28, 2010 Godzilla rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, growing-pains, life-but-not-as-we-know-it

I enjoyed Man and Boy, and this follows on from it really well.

It's an exploration of the modern family and place marriage has today.

Perhpas I'm plunging rapidly towards middle age, but I found it all very revelant, if not directly to my life (I'm not divorced), then to my friends' lives.

Tony Parsons manages to capture the male psyche quite well, along with all the worries, concerns and foibles that feel ever present.

There are subtle pressures (well I feel them anyway) from all sides about what...more

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Mar 15, 2012 Gita Oetary rated it 3 of 5 stars

Buku ini adalah sequel dari buku sebelumnya 'Man and Boy'
Meskipun isinya gak sebagus sebelumnya yang ngegambarin bagaimana seorang pria yang pernah sekali gagal dalam pernikahannya yang bisa dibilang bahagia mencoba untuk jadi seorang ayah yang juga berperan ganda sebagai ibu.
Dibuku ini lebih menjelaskan Harry untuk mencapai apa yang dirasanya ideal, keluarga terpadu. Saya sendiri tidak begitu suka dengan karakter istri baru Harry, meskipun itu yang sebenarnya paling banyak terjadi saat ini.
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May 16, 2013 Anusha Atukorala rated it 4 of 5 stars

I enjoyed this book very much and wanted to keep turning its pages. There were sections I skimmed through because I didn't like the language used. What gripped me was that it showed me a new perspective of what a man goes through when he splits up with his wife - and hasn't every day access to his children. I liked the fact that this man portrayed in the story shared so much of his feelings. I liked the ending. I liked the reality of the modern world as shown to the reader. A good book and it op...more

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Jun 21, 2011 Oria rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A couple of weeks ago I was out in the city at my favorite bookstore, playing my little book-game: find a book you haven’t seen before nor heard of either. Between the classics, the biographies, and thrillers of the moment, I felt the need for something different. Something more….contemporary. Man and Wife seemed like a good choice.

The story it presents is quite common but far from simple. Harry Silver is a man with a complicated life. It didn’t use to be that complicated: he had a beautiful wif...more A couple of weeks ago I was out in the city at my favorite bookstore, playing my little book-game: find a book you haven’t seen before nor heard of either. Between the classics, the biographies, and thrillers of the moment, I felt the need for something different. Something more….contemporary. Man and Wife seemed like a good choice.

The story it presents is quite common but far from simple. Harry Silver is a man with a complicated life. It didn’t use to be that complicated: he had a beautiful wife, Gina and an amazing son, Pat, and to top it all, a good job in television. Then a mistake changed everything.

Fast forward a few years and here’s Harry again, married a second time to another beauty, Cyd, trying to make a new life together with her and her daughter, little Peg. Between visits to see his son, a strained relationship with his wife and a bitter one with his ex-wife, the death of his father and the challenge of dealing with his mother’s health issues, Harry feels a bit overwhelmed. To make things even more interesting, a new girl catches his eye and there he is, ready to fall into the same trap again.

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Harry seems to think so, as he envisions a new life in a new place, a new wife, a new start. But is that really how things work?
Parsons talks about what a marriage really is. Not in a moralistic way, but more like from the point of view of the man who’s been there and done that. The mistakes, the jealousy, the feeling of insecurity, the sweet siren song of temptation, it’s all there, and the protagonist has to deal with it. Sometimes it’s tough and sometimes it may seem like a futile task, but Harry is given a second chance. Will he prove that he’s learned something from his mistakes or is he doomed to repeat them all over again? Is the search for that everlasting love - the kind his parents once shared until death separated them – bound to go on and on or does he really have a chance of finding it for himself with his wife?

The book provides some answers and there is something to be learned from it. It’s written in an entertaining and easy to read style where humor mingles with heartbreak and things change when you least expect it. An entertaining read.
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May 12, 2009 Discoverylover marked it as released-or-to-release-without-read · review of another edition

"Harry Silver returns to face life in the "blended family." A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and Boy, or completely on its own. Man and Wife is a novel about love and marriage -- about why we fall in love and why we marry; about why we stay and why we go. Harry Silver is a man coming to terms with a divorce and a new marriage. He has to juggle with time and relationships, with his wife and his ex-wife, his son and his stepdaughter...more

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May 24, 2009 Jennifer rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: anyone who wouldn't mind High Fidelity without the music

Recommended to Jennifer by: Kelly

Shelves: read-2009

Though he is supposedly an "internationally best-selling author," I had never heard of Tony Parsons until Kelly loaned me this book. He is compared to both Nick Hornby and Helen Fielding on the inside cover, but I'd say there's a bit more of the Hornby "peek into the male psyche" vibe going on in this novel than any tinge of Bridget Jones.

Harry Silver, the hero (or anti-hero) of the story, is struggling to deal with the complexity of relationships in the modern age. He is a successful televisio...more

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Apr 22, 2009 Harun Harahap rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: punya, fiksi, terjemahan

buku nyang satu eni lanjutan dari buku Tony Parsons sebelumnya, Man and Boy..masih menceritakan tentang kehidupan Harry Silver, sang tokoh utama..dimulai dengan kehidupan barunya bersama Cyd..hubungan pernikahan ini tidak semulus yang Harry bayangkan..bayangan tentang pernikahan "selamanya" yang selama ini ia lihat dari pernikahan ayah dan ibunya..dan perselisihan pun mulai terjadi karena Cyd yang mulai sibuk dengan usaha kateringnya dan hubungannya bersama Luke Moore..dan juga pelarian Harry ke...more

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May 14, 2010 Nadira rated it 3 of 5 stars

Berisi kisah sederhana kompleksitas hubungan antara suami-istri-mantansuami-mantanistri. Mengajarkan bahwa memang manusia pada dasarnya tidak pernah puas dan kerap lupa bersyukur atas apa yang dimiliki, sampai akhirnya kehilangan apa-apa yang ternyata penting dalam hidup. Banyak pelajaran mengenai hubungan romantisme pria-wanita di dalamnya.

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Feb 08, 2013 Elliealmeida rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sequel to man and boy - I was rooting for Harry at the end of the last book, as he proved himself to be a great dad.. But as man and wife progressed I found myself disliking Harry more and more. If this book is the honest reflection of men, women everywhere are in trouble. Was so annoyed at Harry that I couldn't really enjoy the book.

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Mar 01, 2011 Mina25 rated it 1 of 5 stars

Too many clichés for my taste. Commitment-phobia is over-used these days. As is the man-boy type, the man who never grows up, but not in the cutesy way of holding on to the imagination and creativity of childhood, in the 'do things without thinking about consequences at all' way.
And not that well written after all.

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Dec 05, 2010 Faridahyunos rated it 3 of 5 stars

It is a good read, a nice book, full of love. tells us about how we fall in love, why we stay, how to have a happy marriage that lasts forever and how to be happy in blended family. it wasn't as good as the first book which is Man and Boy. But like I said, it is a very light book to be enjoyed. :D

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Mar 27, 2011 Yvonne rated it 3 of 5 stars

A very true account of the marriages of today. Men and women who did not know what they want or are unable to work around the difficulties and challenges of maintaining, if not improving, a marriage gave up and seek solace elsewhere, only to come back to the same pattern of living.

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Mar 30, 2013 Samra Muslim rated it 2 of 5 stars

I dont really need to read a book to find out about how confused men are ... or how they are capable of ruining a perfect good relationship just by being themselves ... !!! This is exactly what this book is about ... and I was kinna expecting something more!!!

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Jan 04, 2009 Judy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: my-2008-books, i-gave-as-a-gift

This is a continuation of the story of Harry and his relationships. As in "Man and Boy", he is both lovable and distressingly dim-witted all at once. I like Parson's style, dislike his retarded male characters. That said, I think these two stories about Harry Silver are excellent and are really about family, what it takes to be one, how you can screw it up; they also wrestle with the questions of children -- can you really love your step-child? can you really be a parent to a child you only see...more

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Jul 20, 2011 Thom Mckiernan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Thom by: Ian Smith

An easy (but quite deep at times) story about a man who likes to screw things up as soon as he is happy, his child, marriage, work, and a lot in between. It is well written and you got a strong picture of all the characters in the book.

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May 05, 2013 Princess Hannah rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved this book - couldn't put it down! Harry and his chaotic life is portrayed fabulously and his love for pat is also conveyed brilliantly! Gina, Cyd, Peggy and Harry's mother all have wonderful stories in the book!

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Jan 29, 2011 Daniel Kukwa rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: general-lit

An enjoyable sequel to "Man and Boy", though it doesn't feel quite as brilliant and daring as the first novel. That said, Tony Parsons once again shows off his ability to create authentic-sounding, everyday-feeling characters.

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Feb 07, 2013 Jo Littlewood rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

One of 2 male authors I go out of my way to read. Tony Parsons is excellent and has me hooked from the first page. The story continues to follow the life of Harry Silver and I was drawn into his life, his family and his struggles. A real emotional rollercoaster!

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Feb 27, 2011 Rema rated it 3 of 5 stars

Leuk boek, apart om het vanuit de ogen van een man te zien hoe het leven volgens hem in elkaar zit! Was niet erg verbaasd om te lezen hoe hij iedere keer weer verliefd wordt, terwijl hij getrouwd is. Was wel goed om te lezen hoe hij zijn liefde voor zijn kind ervaart!

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Feb 21, 2011 Rick rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: british-humor

Not a bad story - a lot like Nick Hornby's stuff in a lot of ways. Sad relationship problems of middle-aged brits, with kids caught in between. This is a sequal to the very popular Man and Boy book that I did not read. I din't feel like I missed anything by not reading that first.

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Oct 12, 2009 Sunkissd1 Base rated it 4 of 5 stars

Although this one was also well written, heartwarming, and engaging, I think I liked it just a little less than it's predecessor, Man & Boy. It is worth reading and an interesting read for both men and women.

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Sep 03, 2011 Lester rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Tony Parsons has a way of getting into the nitty-gritty of family life - no matter what the family looks like. This story of a twice-married man trying to get to grips with his 'blended' family and his own tendencies to 'wander' is a nice easy read, but sadly not as compelling or insightful as Parson's other books. The characters are believable though, and the setting is very much like the reality of London. I would suggest "Man and Boy" or "The Family Way" for a more insightful read on family l...more

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Tony Parsons (born 6 November 1953) is a British journalist broadcaster and author. He began his career as a music journalist on the NME, writing about punk music. Later, he wrote for The Daily Telegraph, before going on to write his current column for the Daily Mirror. Parsons was for a time a regular guest on the BBC Two arts review programme The Late Show, and still appears infrequently on the...more

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“Не можеш да даваш на доведеното си дете само нежност и одобрение, защото никой родител не прави това. И все пак нямаш властта да порицаваш детето по начини, присъщ за истинските родители.
Вторите родители - тези,които дават най-доброто от себе си - искат да бъдат харесвани. Истинските родители не изпитват нужда от това.
Защото знаят, че са обичани.
Това е любов, която се дава безусловно и без резерви. Един родител трябва да направи нещо наистина много лошо, за да пропилее любовта на своето дете. Вторият родител не получава такъв вид любов.” — 1 person liked it

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