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Article: Canoodling in a coracle, and other social gaffes
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Remember a time when things were simpler? When rules were rules,
mummy knew best, and everyone knew why you had to eat fish on a
Friday? Don't you pity a generation that has grown up without these
boundaries? Publishers clearly do. And, just for once, a pre-
Christmas rush of humorous books on a tried and tested retro theme
looks like being a helpful thing.
The latest on the market is Never Kiss a Man in a Canoe, by
Tanith Carey, which will be published by Boxtree this week.
Following the massive-selling little books, Don'ts for Husbands and
Don'ts for Wives, which offered such pearls as "Don't 'manage' your
husband too visibly" and "Don't despise the potato" - a
philosophical one, that one ...