false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg 553702 2 Just 26 weeks into her first pregnancy, Ann Leary's water broke--an event she sardonically refers to as "the PROM" (doctor-speak for "premature rupture of membranes). Unfortunately for her, the "PROM" took place while she was strolling along Oxford Street during a weekend trip to London, where her (then-unknown) husband Denis Leary was booked to perform a BBC comedy show. Forbidden to return home and placed on total bed rest, Ann gets "knackered" from the medications pumped into her body to prevent premature labor. In some of the book's funniest passages, she makes great efforts to prevent her many hospital roommates from discovering she's American, lest they suspect she's freeloading off the National Health Service. (Don't let the bad pun of the book's title put you off; Ann's sense of humor is often as biting and gritty as her husband's).<p> Despite the doctors' best efforts, baby Jack is born two weeks later, while Denis is back in the U.S. working at comedy clubs (and trying to keep the couple from being evicted from their apartment). Jack is in relatively good shape, but Ann's mental state is at risk, as sleep deprivation, anxiety, and loneliness get the best of her. Among her postpartum goofs is befriending another woman whose baby is also in intensive care; she mistakes her for a slim, serene Earth Mother instead of the heroin-addict she really is. So, <I>An Innocent, A Broad</I> is not so much a drama of Jack's survival as much as it is a chuckle-fest at the expense of both Ann's predicament and of the Brits in general, whose overwrought sense of propriety is mocked non-stop. Beware if you think this might seem a perfect gift for a pregnant woman; the belly laughs are constant and likely to cause any expectant woman's water to break. <I>--Erica Jorgensen</I> 540931 3 2004 An Innocent, a Broad total:117|5:19|4:62|3:25|2:9|1:2| 117 438 168 33 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 5 1 false Sun Mar 16 21:53:58 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 21:57:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 362402 0060527242 9780060527242 25 11 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174104916m/362402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362402.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:27:16 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:37:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 16:11:33 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 21:04:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 362402 0060527242 9780060527242 25 11 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174104916m/362402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362402.An_Innocent_a_Broad 0 0 false Mon Jan 26 10:00:15 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 10:05:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 3 0 false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 13 15:06:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 15:10:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 362402 0060527242 9780060527242 25 11 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174104916m/362402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362402.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 26 06:50:26 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:18:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Sat May 23 03:21:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 03:46:53 -0700 2009 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 0 0 false Mon Dec 08 17:23:13 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 17:23:43 -0800 2008 362402 0060527242 9780060527242 25 11 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174104916m/362402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362402.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Jan 07 12:58:52 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 07 12:59:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 3 0 false Thu Aug 28 22:38:05 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 22:39:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 362402 0060527242 9780060527242 25 11 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174104916m/362402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362402.An_Innocent_a_Broad 5 0 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Mar 16 21:15:31 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 19:23:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Thu Nov 20 13:42:56 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 05 14:16:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 5 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 08:47:22 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 06:25:26 -0800 2008 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Tue Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 09:09:51 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 13:36:57 -0700 2008 ann leary is denis leary's wife and i think she is even funnier than he is!]]> 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 22:19:23 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 11:53:27 -0700 2007 362402 0060527242 9780060527242 25 11 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174104916m/362402.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/362402.An_Innocent_a_Broad 5 0 false Thu Jan 03 14:15:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 14:17:23 -0800 2008 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 5 0 false Sun Aug 31 07:36:38 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 07:39:00 -0700 2008 553702 0060527234 9780060527235 92 22 3.74 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175741925m/553702.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/553702.An_Innocent_a_Broad 5 0 false Fri Sep 05 08:44:43 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 09:18:42 -0700 2008 This Author has a deft hand,and a good readable style.
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