Ruth loves to bake cakes. When she is alone, she dreams up variations on recipes. When she meditates, she imagines herself in the warm, comforting center of a gigantic bundt cake. If there is a crisis, she bakes a cake; if there is a reason to celebrate, she bakes a cake. Ruth sees it as an outward manifestation of an inner need to nurture her family - which is a good thing, because all of a sudden that family is rapidly expanding. First, her mother moves in after robbers kick in her front door in broad daylight.
Then Ruth's father, a lounge singer, who she's seen only occasionally throughout her life, shatters both wrists and, having nowhere else to go, moves in, too. Her mother and father just happen to hate each other with a deep and poisonous emotion reserved only for life-long enemies. Oh, yes indeed!
Add to this mix two teenagers, a gainfully employed husband who is suddenly without a job, and a physical therapist with the instincts of a Cheryl Richardson and you've got a delightful and amusing concoction that comes with its own delicious icing.
Author : Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
Narrated By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
2 hours
Categories : Humor British TV Comedy
Our Price : $18.49
Come with us to Shepherd's Bush on a decrepit horse and cart, and view the young-ish Harold Steptoe and his beloved father Albert in their natural habitat of the scrapyard at 24, Oil Drum Lane. More...
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Author : Lou Wakefield and Carole Hayman
Narrated By : Prunella Scales & Patricia Routledge
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
1 hour 15 minutes
Categories : Humor Radio Shows Comedy
Our Price : $13.49
Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge take on the world in another hilarious series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy hit. More...
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Author : Amy Sedaris
Narrated By : Amy Sedaris
Published By : Hachette Audio
5 hours
Categories : Contemporary Women Comedy
Our Price : $29.98 $20.99
The first thing you should know is: I like parties! Here are some of the helpful suggestions you'll get by listening to this audiobook: More...
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Author : Alan Bennett
Narrated By : Alan Bennett
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
8 hours 40 minutes
Categories : General Comedy
Our Price : $34.25
Alan Bennett, master storyteller, reads four of his highly-acclaimed stories More...
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Author : Mary Kay Andrews
Narrated By : Debra Monk
Published By : Harper Collins US
6 hours
Categories : Contemporary Comedy
Our Price : $29.95 $19.95
A comic Southern novel about all the important things in life. More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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