Book description
In her debut memoir Narrow Margins Marie Browne saved her
family from financial ruin by moving her long-suffering husband three
children and a dog on to a houseboat called Happy Go Lucky in
search of a less stressful, alternative way of life.
Now in Narrow Minds the family find themselves sucked back
into normality, they're pretty much back where they started, horrible
house, no boat and the kids are beginning to threaten mutiny.
Facing perky postmen, ice skating cows, psychotic villagers and
outraged rodents, they're running out of time, their financial
situation is getting desperate and there's every chance life has
conspired against them to make sure they never get back afloat. Until
they find the answer to their dreams lies with Minerva, a
narrow boat even more run-down than the first. This hilarious
follow-up shows the lengths to which a desperate woman will go just to
restore her preferred lifestyle.
Marie Browne is a gently harrassed mother of three who, for the
past fifteen years, has been desperately trying to escape the Customer
Service Industry. Apart from her husband and kids, the best things in
her life are real ale; barbecues; ugly mad dogs that nobody else wants
and cream-covered designer coffees. She also has an obsession
with shoes but her husband is threatening to get her help for that.
