How to Survive Family Holidays
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3.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $27.99
Publisher Description
Read by Jack, Michael and Hilary Whitehall, this audiobook includes exclusive material not available in the book, plus a hilarious blooper reel at the end.
One part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive your family holiday, by Jack Whitehall, with a little bit of help from Michael and Hilary Whitehall.
No one family has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. Indeed they've been allowing us a window to their escapades for the past five years in the hit Netflix show 'Travels with my Father' and in this hilarious book they have now decided to pool their advice for fellow travellers. To lay out the pitfalls of family holidays. The dos and don'ts, the highs and lows. In doing so they are sharing some of their best anecdotes. Their most extreme experiences and their most valuable advice. It is part memoir of family life, part travel guide, and full on, laugh-out-loud funny.
Whatever your version of holiday preparation the truth is always this: if it is with one's own family, no amount of sunshine, wine or holiday spirit will stop your worst character traits coming to the surface. You have just volunteered to spend a week in close proximity with the people who know you best and who will never ever let you forget a f***-up. No one survives unscathed. Things are always going to end in tears, you can only hope they're of laughter.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
We love British comedian Jack Whitehall and his wonderfully awkward streaming series Travels with My Father. In this wild audiobook, we get to hear even more entertaining anecdotes and witty banter from Whitehall and his parents, Michael and Hilary. All three family members share their deadpan accounts of harrowing and hilarious travel mishaps, ranging from losing passports to accidentally leaving children at the pool…with adults who can’t swim. But even while we chuckled at these tales of travel gone wrong, we learned useful tips from the trio of experienced travelers. (Hilary, for example, breaks down the advantages of the often-derided fanny pack!) Zany and entertaining, How to Survive Family Holidays reminds us that spending time with family is memorable and special—even when absolutely everything goes wrong.
