Mad Cows

Lette, Kathy

ISBN 10: 0787112933 / ISBN 13: 9780787112936

Published by Dove Books, 1997

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VGC.Dove Books,1997.First Dove printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Green hardback(gilt lettering to the spine,small nicks,scratch and light shelf wear on the edges of the cover and spine) in VGC, with Dj(watermark/stain inside the back edge of the Dj cover,very small tear, a couple of nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover) in GC.Nice and clean pages with a mark and small ink mark on the outer edges,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges of the pages,small pencil mark impression on the edge of the front endpaper,small ink mark on the edge of the last blank page of the book.The book is in VGC except for the watermark inside the Dj cover.297pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: After getting caught shoplifting at Harrods in London, Maddy finds things going from bad to worse as she is thrown into a holding cell, is broken out of jail by her boyfriend, discovers her child may be forced into adoption, and now must avoid running into the entire police department.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mad Cows
• Publisher: Dove Books
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787112933
• ISBN 13: 9780787112936
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Dove printing.
• Condition: Very good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

After getting caught shoplifting at Harrods in London, Maddy finds things going from bad to worse as she is thrown into a holding cell, is broken out of jail by her boyfriend, discovers her child may be forced into adoption, and now must avoid running into the entire police department

Reviews

The irreverent author of Foetal Attraction returns with a raucous comic ode to the joys of motherhood, composed of equal parts male-bashing and bons mots. Framed by a thief in a London department store, Aussie Madeline Wolfe, a constipated, breast milk-sodden "mad cow" (single mother), is arrested with her one-month-old son, Jack, and sent to prison as an example of the British welfare state gone wrong. Guilty of nothing more than loving a womanizing louse, Maddy becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures that snowball from one outrageous incident to the next, from smuggling Jack out of jail in a handbag to a daring escape before a live TV audience, and stealing her son back from the clutches of an unscrupulous social worker. The victim of bad circumstances made worse by her own bad judgment, Maddy is a likable, if incessantly smart-mouthed woman with a fierce love for her offspring. She is also the only character who comes close to having "a full load of nappies" in a cast that includes Jack's father (a shallow, amoral TV star), Maddy's best friend (an oversexed upper-crust gold-digger with her own "Absolutely Fabulous" approach to motherhood) and a smattering of other half-baked (and half-witted) villains and heroes. Though the shock value of Lette's wisecracking wit is considerable (Maddy is "as culturally refined as a turd in a cocktail"), Lette's overindulgence in fresh talk becomes tiresome. But she gives new meaning to the phrase "mad cow disease" with this off-the-wall slice of maternal life that won't be found in any parenting book. $25,000 ad/promo; simultaneous Dove audio.
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