Review: YOU READ THAT RIGHT.......
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2014
The title accurately describes an incident that occurs in this short novel. Kearns' plot is not slapstick comedy but a clever story line that combines hilarious humor, family drama and tensions that occur in everyday life. Monica has been charged with transporting her younger fashion-plate teen sister and odd-ball brother off across the Atlantic to England for their Aunt's wedding. They will be staying at their eccentric grandmother's house.The disastrous journey begins on the airplane flight. Once they arrive in England, they find an old, beautiful run-down stone house occupied not only by their grandmother but a plethora of animals, boxes and general clutter. Their sixty-four year old aunt is about to be married; she has plans to enlist the children in her plan to put grandma in a nursing home. Grandma certainly is eccentric, but is she reallythe crazy one?Readers are taken on  a series of humorous escapades filled with absurdities that have the grandchildren questioning their own sanity. The book is well written with well defined characters, a fast moving plot and enough twists and turns to encourage the reader to finish the novel in one sitting. This book is appropriate for young adults and adults; it is guaranteed to keep you laughing until the end.