Book description
For the 70s child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of CentreParcs
or the sophistication of a Tuscan villa. They meant being crammed into
a car with Grandma and heading to the coast. With just a tent for a
home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new
adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselves.
For Emma Kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along
for the ride no matter where they went. Whether it was being swept
away by a force ten gale on the Welsh coast or suffering copious
amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of France,
family holidays always left them battered and bruised.
But they never gave up. Emma's memoir, The Tent, The Bucket and
Me, is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to
spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes.
Emma Kennedy is an actress and writer who has appeared in many
award-winning comedy shows including
Goodness Gracious Me
and
The Smoking Room
. In 2003 she won the Comedy Lounge Best Actress Award for her role in
Bill Shakespeare's
Italian Job
and in 2005 won the British Television Advertising Craft Award for Best
Actress. She has been writing for TV and radio for over a decade and has
won Sony Awards for the
Sunday Format
and
The Now Show
. Her first book was
How to Bring Up Your Parents
and her website is www. emmakennedy. net.
