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Feb 23, 20151_Great_Book rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very tongue in cheek - British humour (by page 2 the father gets a pan of eggs dumped on his head!) on a not-so-funny subject. The kids are precocious and buck up through rough and horrific times, a bit like Alan Bradley's Flavia de Luce or the 3 siblings from the Series of Unfortunate Events. Let's face it - there are quite a few dysfunctional families out there, and this one pulls through despite the dark times, thanks to the sunny dispositions of the kids. Better to know how to work through tough times and real life and keep a bit of humour than idealize fairy tale happy endings. The ending is quite happy, when you get to it.