For the Seventies 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.
This snapshot of Emmas Childhood holidays was a riveting read. Each chapter uncovers a new story, or a new holiday and brings with it each disaster. This book was really funny to read, but you defiantly felt sorry for the family. Understandably conditions for camping holidays have come along way since the 70's but Kennedy paints a great picture of what conditions were like and you can imagine being their with her.
Some what disbelief that such horrors, year on year can happen to a family. But the way the story is told Emma is reflecting back with such a great sense of humour about it all. This book is a great read. Well told, and i could not stop laughing or put it down. A great read.
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