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And Then There's Margaret

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And Then There's Margaret

By: Carolyn Clarke
Narrated by: Elly Meeks
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For fans of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go Bernadette or Camille Pagan’s I’m Fine and Neither Are You comes the perfect laugh-out-loud dramedy And Then There's Margaret, a story about marriage, midlife, and a controlling, manipulative, and self-absorbed mother-in-law thrown into the mix.

When Allison Montgomery's beloved father-in-law and long-time confidant passes away, her mother-in-law, Margaret, "temporarily" moves in. From rearranging the furniture and taking over the kitchen to undermining and embarrassing Allie at every turn, including funding her daughter's escape, throwing a hissy fit at the mall, and publicly equating Allie's glass of Chardonnay to full blown alcoholism, Margaret turns Allie's life upside down, causing her to bounce between a sincere desire to support her grieving mother-in-law and an intense urge to simply push her out of the nearest window.

Feeling annoyed, trapped, and even a little childish, Allie struggles to avoid a complete meltdown with help from her fearless and audacious best friend, a plan for reinventing herself, enjoying a second act, and, yes, a few glasses of Chardonnay. Along the way, Allie discovers the reasons behind Margaret's attitude toward her all these years. Does it help? Maybe.

  • 2022 Chick Lit Cafe - CLC Book Excellence Award Winner - Women's Fiction/Humor
  • 2022 Indie Book Awards Finalist - Chick Lit (Fiction)
  • 2022 Maxy Awards Winner - Literary & Humor
  • 2022 Readers' Choice Book Awards - Finalist - Best Adult Book
  • 2022 Readers' Favorite - Finalist - Humor/Comedy
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"Perfect for women’s fiction books club wanting to explore complex and turbulent family relationships. It’s a playful coming of (middle-age) novel.” (IndieReader)

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Thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. This book/audiobook is sad and funny both. Very entertaining. Highly recommend.

Fun Take On Life

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An Then There's Margaret is a very humorous novel that everyone can identify with as we all have relationships with difficult people. Extremely well written and I loved the narration. I laughed my way through it. Highly recommend.

Catchy Title, Great Book

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I loved this audiobook. It was funny, sad, real and a total joy to listen to. The author and narrator both did a brilliant job.

Funny Take On Real Life - Thoroughly Enjoyed It

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Highly entertaining as I think many of us have our own experiences with our own Margaret. Love all the back and forth banter....definitely an enjoyable audiobook.

Hilariously Funny...well narrated audiobook

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This aubiobook is highly entertaining, and is familiar to everyone who has lived with their own Margaret. Great story, and I think many people with identify with these characters.

Familiar Story.....in an eery way

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I enjoyed the book mostly, the person reading it… I believe made the characters a little whiney… I might have enjoyed the end.

Boundaries Boundaries!!!

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This is a funny sad and hopeful story about third acts and family changes. A fun and enjoyable read.

Bittersweet and touching

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This book was an easy listening good laugh. I think most married women can relate to parts of it.

Relatable laugh!

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If you have a mother-in-law, you will likely relate to Ally, a 40-something woman trying to manage a family, job burn-out, perimenopause and continual catastrophes. Rather predictable with a few humorous moments. Took time to adjust to the narrator’s accent.

If you have a mother-in-law, you probably will relate

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And I thought I had the snarkiest mother-in-law ever! She was a published writer, and a highly intelligent woman who used the majority of her skills on, trying to make me feel small. Out wedding gift was a meager copy of a Betty Crocker cookbook. Inside the cover, she penned, “Hopefully now you can learn to cook!” Once, kidding, my husband called me a dummy. Her response? “ Don’t call her stupid Jim. After all, she’s a reflection on you! You married her!” When she died, her friends said to me; “Oh Honey! She thought the world of you! I said, “She must have been very dissatisfied with the world!” This book left me not feeling so all one! I laughed and vowed never to be that mother in law to my children’s spouses!

OMG! Where was this book before I got married?

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