The Lockdown Diary of Tom Cooper by Spencer Brown - humorous literary fiction
A truly laugh out loud read. It’s the beginning of lockdown and single parent
Tom now has his “ single digit aged two children '' Carrie and Arthur at
home to cope with as well as his job as an advertising executive. I wasn’t
sure how I would take to this as we all remember the anxiety and panic
many of us went through in the early days and I hoped that it would
make me smile- I wasn't disappointed- it made me laugh so many
times. Tom buying hair dye when everyone else wanted pasta and
then wondering how many loo rolls a day him and the kids would get
through. ( A day??) . Fending off competition from a neighbour for
rainbow support for the NHS posters and dealing with the idiots in
the supermarket. To look back even now and realise that others saw
the world the same during lockdown (idiots and madness) is not only
reassuring but done in a humorous way perhaps brings it all down to
earth that little bit more. A wonderful read that I highly recommend
and one we will look back on in a few years to remind
ourselves what it was like and how we reacted. A brilliant read.
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THE LOCKDOWN DIARY OF TOM COOPER by Spencer Brown Publishing date: 5th November2020 ISBN: 978-1-9161526-5-6 £7.99 FICTION – HUMOUR ‘So very funny’ Jenny Colgan, ‘A joy-seeking missile’ Richard Ayoade One man vs the coronavirus 2020 was supposed to be a great year. Unfortunately, Tom Cooper, like the rest of the world, has found himself stuck in the middle of a pandemic. He’s going to be spending the next few months trapped inside a small flat with sole responsibility for his two singledigit children. Separated from his girlfriend (and any possibility of help with childcare), Tom is plunged into a world of home schooling, awkward Zoom calls, supermarket feuds, al fresco workout sessions, cashstrapped tooth fairies, aging parents who won’t stay home and competitive clapping for the NHS. Not to mention the problem of trying to fulfill his girlfriend’s request for an erotic selfie of his rapidly deteriorating body… Join Tom as he navigates the lockdown in the stand-alone sequel to last year’s hilarious The Rebuilding of Tom Cooper. Laugh-out-loud with real heart. Lockdown has never been so entertaining.
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