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Madeleine Wolfe #1
Mein Bett gehört mir
Madeline Wolfe is a mischievous, mutinous, high-rise (the shortest she�d ever been was �tall for her age�) Aussie redhead, who can open beer bottles with her teeth and is on first name terms with every bartender in Bangkok. She�s a woman in control of her life, and no man is ever going to tell her what to do.
So how come she�s ended up twelve thousand miles from home, in rainy London, with no friends, her visa about to expire, with no place to live � oh, yes, and pregnant?
She fell in love with Alexander Drake, that�s how. But she soon realises that Alex goes through the tunnel of love holding his own hand. He also has more secrets than MI5. Alex may not be the man she thought he was, but can she persuade him to be the man she needs him to be � preferably before the baby arrives?
So how come she�s ended up twelve thousand miles from home, in rainy London, with no friends, her visa about to expire, with no place to live � oh, yes, and pregnant?
She fell in love with Alexander Drake, that�s how. But she soon realises that Alex goes through the tunnel of love holding his own hand. He also has more secrets than MI5. Alex may not be the man she thought he was, but can she persuade him to be the man she needs him to be � preferably before the baby arrives?
315 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1993
About the author
Kathy Lette
65 books258 followersKathy Lette divides her time between being a full time writer,
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.
Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.
After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".
She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.
Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)
demented mother (now there's a tautology) and trying to find a shopping trolley that doesn't have a clubbed wheel.
Kathy first achieved succés de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, now a major motion picture.
After several years as a singer with the Salami Sisters and a newspaper columnist in Sydney and New York (collected in the book "Hit and Ms") and as a television sitcom writer for Columbia Pictures in Los Angeles, her novels, "Puberty Blues" (1979) "Girls Night Out" (1988), "The Llama Parlour" (1991), "Foetal Attraction" (1993), "Mad Cows" (1996),"Altar Ego" (1998) "Nip'N'Tuck" (2001), "Dead Sexy" (2003) and "How To Kill Your Husband (and other handy household hints)" (2006) became international best-sellers. Kathy Lette's plays include "Grommits", "Wet Dreams", "Perfect Mismatch" and "I'm So Happy For You I Really Am".
She lives in London with her husband and two children and has just finished a stint as writer in Residence at London's Savoy Hotel.
Kathy says that the best thing about being a writer is that you get to work in your jammies all day, drink heavily on the job and have affairs and call it research! (Although her husband says he should have the affair as it would give her a better book!)
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September 18, 2020
Madeleine Wolfe has left her life in Australia to pursue her relationship with celebrity ecologist Alexander Drake - only to find that, having given up everything for love, Alex is totally fickle. Not only that, Madeleine falls pregnant - and only then does she find out exactly what Alex is like. Virtually friendless and with nowhere to go, Madeleine finds comfort from a most unlikely source - one of Alex's female friends takes her in but has ulterior motives. In a style a bit reminiscent of Bridget Jones' Diary, Madeleine narrates the tale of her struggle to fit in with Alex's friends and with the English way of life, demonstrating typical Aussie exuberance and honesty.
Not a bad read, quite funny at times, but clearly aimed more at a female readership than a male one which perhaps explains why it did not quite hit the mark for me. Still rated it 3 stars - 7/10.
Not a bad read, quite funny at times, but clearly aimed more at a female readership than a male one which perhaps explains why it did not quite hit the mark for me. Still rated it 3 stars - 7/10.
July 24, 2011
The first 37 pages are rather funny but the remainder of the book sucks. It's bitch, bitch, bitch by the female character who is in love with a married man who claims he's going to leave his wife and kids but doesn't. Oh but she looooves him and wants him. blah, blah, blah
This is the first and last book I will read by this author.
This is the first and last book I will read by this author.
December 29, 2013
Was hoping for light summer reading but found this book very irritating. Especially the main character and her lover. I laughed at a couple of the puns only - mostly just cringed. Not my thing at all.
May 16, 2014
Pithy but pun-laden. Easy to read but didn't connect with the main character.
This was another of my Hay-on-Wye second-hand haul and I doubt I'll ever read anything from the same author. Just not my cup of tea.
This was another of my Hay-on-Wye second-hand haul and I doubt I'll ever read anything from the same author. Just not my cup of tea.
August 28, 2018
This was just not really my thing. Finished it as quickly as I could to find out what happened. There were lots of clever puns but the characters didn't really draw me in and I didn't find it that funny.
September 3, 2025
Goodness, this book takes you on a journey! Maddy is sure under Alex's love spell, and the author has done an excellent job at showing the reader what a self-centered, self-loving loser Alex is. This novel is funny from beginning to end, a little choppy sometimes and I would advise you read it all in one go if possible so as not to lose pacing and it can jump from scene, to different people and places and back to beginning of the book, so is a little 'all over the place' in structure, but can keep up aslong as devoured immediately. I had no idea there was a sequel- 'Mad cows', which luckily for me was already on my 'TBR' shelf. I am looking forward to reading it as Kathy Lette has written this with her usual sarcastic and blunt tongue, which is what I love about her work. At times it did feel as though the author had swallowed a thesaurus in her flowery language, with many words I had to try and 'sound out' and try and wrap my tongue around (call me dense if needs be) but alot of the wording wasn't everyday language. Perhaps Kathy talks like this in real life, or she had researched new words to get her message across in her descriptions. That and the choppy style of the book are my own constructive criticism of this, and that won't put me off reading the next instalment.
**If the title of this book hasn't given you an idea that this is about an unplanned pregnancy, then this is my spoiler alert.**
**If the title of this book hasn't given you an idea that this is about an unplanned pregnancy, then this is my spoiler alert.**
April 18, 2026
In looking for a relatively easy, no stress read that didn’t require too much thinking, this book yelled “pick me!” from the shelf in the op shop. I was hoping to find something along the lines of Pants on Fire by Maggie Anderson and it lived up to that desire. It made me laugh at times, there were more than a few plot twists and I feel like my feelings were very invested at times! Overall played its role well as a good silly book when I needed a break from a heavy non-fiction intake and my brain felt like mush.
December 1, 2021
The opening sentence absolutely drew me in to this book. I was expecting a journey of motherhood (and the run up to birth) but what I got was an unlikeable character interacting with other unlikeable people and no real focus on the titular foetus. There were some great barbed phrases, plenty of clunky metaphors and I found myself just not caring about what happened.
August 13, 2022
This really was a laugh out loud, girls hitting back book. I read it on a recent vacation in the Spain. I think my neighbouring sunworshippers thought I was slightly deranged as I read this book, chuckling all the way.
March 26, 2018
I loved it - so witty! But I guess you have to really appreciate the style of humour to enjoy it.
May 26, 2020
Massive Kathy Lette fan! Love the story line and jump in between past and present events really keeps you guessing. Devoured in one sitting!
September 6, 2020
Enjoyable, standard chick-lit.
July 6, 2021
Moral of the story is never to fall for an Englishman.
March 7, 2022
Ho riso fino alle lacrime.
Molto bello
Molto bello
May 15, 2022
A fun light read overall. Excited now that I know there's a sequel (Mad Cows) since there were some things left to be desired at the end.
April 10, 2023
mostly boring
November 15, 2024
Flawless trash. I actually find it quite funny and was like giving my brain a kiss after reading Melancholy. The cover scandalised my mum which is good enough for me
December 13, 2024
Relatively easy read, but the humour just wasn't for me! Kept reading to see how the story progressed but the ending was a bit anti-climatic.
May 11, 2011
I'm not really into chick lit but this was light and easy to read.
Aussie Madeline Wolfe has left her home, her surfboard and her hemisphere for the new man in her life. Alexander Drake, indisputed King of the TV jungle, gives the best cunnilingus this side of a detachable shower nozzle. He's also the kind of bloke who goes through the Tunnel of Love holding his own hand. By the time Maddy discovers that it's not just Alex's feet but his entire body that's made of clay, she's taken a pregnancy test . . . and failed. Will Alex chicken out of his obligation to his egg?
Aussie Madeline Wolfe has left her home, her surfboard and her hemisphere for the new man in her life. Alexander Drake, indisputed King of the TV jungle, gives the best cunnilingus this side of a detachable shower nozzle. He's also the kind of bloke who goes through the Tunnel of Love holding his own hand. By the time Maddy discovers that it's not just Alex's feet but his entire body that's made of clay, she's taken a pregnancy test . . . and failed. Will Alex chicken out of his obligation to his egg?
February 2, 2017
Madeline Wolfe is a 29 year old woman who meets a man in London who is a TV presenter and meets all the A listers, such as they are, in Britain.
It is very much a product of its time. Lette spends most of her time talking about British society in a way that is likely to be completely mystifying to anyone under 40. You had to be there.
It is very much a product of its time. Lette spends most of her time talking about British society in a way that is likely to be completely mystifying to anyone under 40. You had to be there.
January 6, 2013
Oh God what an awful book. I picked it up when there was nothing left to read. I didn't expect much, maybe a few easy laughs, but what a horror of a book. Dull, repetitive and written in the style of daytime television thrown onto the page. Couldn't stand to keep reading. Avoid.
March 17, 2013
The story isn't too bad but the pun-rate is over the top. Can't help but feel that Kathy Lette is hitting me over the head with how clever she is to think up all these bon mots. Never mind that she has already used half of them in previous novels. Reasonable way to waste an afternoon
July 15, 2007
A bit of fluff but great for a chuckle!
September 27, 2007
As always Kathy's book is funny, witty, and hillarious.
August 8, 2008
hilarious, especially if you read it at the same time of life !
July 7, 2009
If only Goodreads existed before. :) I remember this book being really funny, but I don't remember anything else. Characters or the plot, just that I laughed a lot.
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April 2, 2011
This was a fun laugh out loud read.
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June 26, 2011
very funny
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