Rough aunties
En av världens främsta dokumentärfilmare, Kim Longinotto, är tillbaka - med en fascinerande film om ett gäng tuffa kvinnor som driver en ideell organisation i Sydafrika. Jackie, Mildred, Eureka, Sdudla och Thuli är kvinnorna bakom Bobbi Bear, en ideell organisation i Durban, Sydafrika. De skyddar och tar hand om utnyttjade och åtsidosatta barn vid rättegångar och att ser till att förövarna ställs inför rätta.Dessa exceptionella kvinnor har genom sitt uppdrag förvandlats till "rough aunties", tuffa och orädda kvinnor som kämpar för förändrade attityder kring ras, kultur och sociala och ekonomiska förhållanden.5. "De visar respekt och kärlek i förhållande till dem som ingen bryr sig om" - SvD4. "oerhört gripande och fascinerande film" - Sydsvenskan4. "en stark film som känns i hjärtat" - Moviezine
Auntie's War
"An engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history. It is often a moving and amusing tale containing plenty of mavericks and colourful episodes." (Lawrence James, The Times) Auntie's War is a love letter to radio. The British Broad...
Gathered
From "the Internet's Mushroom Auntie," a stunning, illustrated guide to foraging and the bounties to be had, both personal and edible, in exploring the world around us and using the gifts it has to offer in our lives. Foraging is becomin...
Auntie Mame
Inspired by his own eccentric aunt, Patrick Dennis's Auntie Mame is a madcap comedy, published with an afterword by Matteo Codignola in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Auntie Mame and I learned to love one another in as brief and painless a period as po...
Awful Auntie
Awful Auntie [Bok / Pocket]
Dial A For Aunties
Winner of the Comedy Women In Print Prize 2021 'Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud' Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Trip Your fami...
Dial A For Aunties
Winner of the Comedy Women In Print Prize 2021'Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud' Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road TripYour family...
Dial A for Aunties
'Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible arrest and a groomzilla. I laughed out loud and you will too.'--USA Today (four-star review) 'A hilarious, heartfelt romp of a novel about--what else?--accidental murder and the bond of family. This book had me laughing aloud within its first five pages... Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming, this book is sure to be one of the best of the year '--Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read One of NPR's Best Books of 2021 One of PopSugar's '42 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2021' What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her
Marriage Monitoring Aunties' Association
'It is lovely to see a story that centres an older female character with such honesty and warmth.' ????? 'A must-read for anyone who believes love doesn't have an expiration date.' ????? Current status: Friendships - fantastic. Family - getting be...
Dial A For Aunties
A hilariously quirky novel that is equal parts murder mystery, rom-com, and a celebration of mothers and daughters as well as a deep dive into Chinese-Indonesian culture, by debut author Jesse Q Sutanto.
Dial A For Aunties
Your family would kill to see you happy 'ARE YOUDEAD?' OH MY GOD. I THINK HE IS. When Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, she turns to her aunties for help. Their meddling set her up on the date so they kind of owe her.WELL, THAT DIDN'T QUITE GO TO PLAN. Although hiding this goddamn dead body is going to be harder than they thought especially when her family's wedding business has THE biggest wedding of the year happening right now. IT'S PRETTY BAD TIMING REALLY. It turns out the wedding venue just happens to be managed by Meddy's ex, aka the one who got away. It's the worst time to see him again, oris it? Can Meddy finally find love and make her overbearing family happy?'Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud' Beth O'Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Switch
The Good, The Bad, And The Aunties
Where there are aunties, there's trouble . . . The laugh-out-loud new novel from the bestselling author of Dial A For Aunties, winner of the Comedy Women In Print Prize 2021 Meddy and her meddling aunties are back and about to land themselves in a whole new world of trouble... After an ultra-romantic honeymoon across Europe, Meddy Chan and her husband Nathan have landed in Jakarta to spend Chinese New Year with her extended family. And a former beau of Second Aunt's shows up bearing extravagant gifts-he's determined to rekindle the romance! His grand gesture goes awry when a particular gift intended for a business rival is included by accident. When the Aunties return it (after all, anyone would forgive an honest mistake, right?), Meddy and the Aunties find themselves as helpless pawns in a decades-long war between Jakarta's most powerful business factions. It's up to Meddy to come up with a plan to save them all. Determined to rescue her loved ones, Meddy embarks on an impossible mission-but with the Aunties by her side, nothing is truly impossible... ------------------------------ Real readers LOVE Jesse Sutanto: 'Another rip-roaring laugh-out-loud comedy''Get ready for wedding day hijinks like you've never seen before''I loved the zany plot, the aunties, and their banter''A delightful breath of fresh air''Hilarious and addictive''The aunties are brilliant characters, portrayed with such love that they avoid being stereotyped''Perfect mood-lifter and the perfect antidote to the current state of the world''The best book I've read so far this year''Absolutely hilarious and had me in stitches''Jesse Sutanto is rapidly becoming one of my favourite authors'
Aunting
Whether related by biology, marriage, circumstance, or choice, aunts embody a uniquely flexible familial role. The aunt-niece/nephew relationship - though often overlooked - is critical and complex, one that appears at the core of a resilient, hea...
