Lydia, Christopher and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and fro between their volatile mother, Miranda, and Daniel, their out-of-work actor father. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will supervise the children after school - and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. This is a bittersweet, touching and extremely funny book.

 

There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Paul Jennings worked as a special-education teacher, a speech pathologist and a Senior Lecturer in Education before becoming a full-time writer. Helping children learn to read, particularly those with difficulties, has been a huge motivator throughout his career. Paul has been voted 'favourite author' by children in Australia over forty times and has won every children's choice award in Australia. He is one of our most successful children's writers, and has sold more than 6. 7 million books. Anne Fine is a bestselling author, former Children's Laureate and prize-winner with great profile across the trade, libraries and educational markets.