Five Go Gluten Free: Enid Blyton for Grown Ups
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Enid Blyton's books are beloved the world over and The Famous Five have been the perennial favourite of her fans. Now, in this new series of Enid Blyton for Grown-Ups, George, Dick, Anne, Julian and Timmy confront a new challenge: is it possible to get a good gluten-free cream tea? Julian, Anne, Dick, George and Timmy are all feeling really rather rum, and it's been going on for days. Nothing seems to work, and with their doctors mystified, they're driven to trying out various expedients to cure themselves. Julian goes online to self-diagnose that he's got pancreatic cancer, bird flu and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Anne decides that the old methods are the best and decides to have herself exorcised - which proves to be an awful lot of bother for everyone, and such a mess. Dick goes to a witch-doctor who calls himself a 'homeopath' ('sounds only one short of sociopath, Dick!') but it's George who discovers they need to go on an exclusion diet, so they enter a world of hard-to-find, maddeningly expensive specialist foods . . . Just perfect for anyone who likes Deliciously Ella, Amelia Freer and the Naturalista - as well as any reluctant partners who are begrudgingly spiralising courgettes for dinner. Review: A fun read - Enjoyed reading this as the Famous Five books were a favourite in my youth. It was a bit of a trip down memory lane as well as being a bit of fun. Review: Just a bit of fun with friends - Bought as a fun gift as secret Santa went down very well.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 701 Reviews |
C**R
A fun read
Enjoyed reading this as the Famous Five books were a favourite in my youth. It was a bit of a trip down memory lane as well as being a bit of fun.
P**P
Just a bit of fun with friends
Bought as a fun gift as secret Santa went down very well.
E**M
Takes you back to your childhood - with an adult twist!
This short book was fun. It took the characters of The Famous Five and many of the old illustrations, updating them for modern times. In this book, Anne's birthday presents begin a whole new fad - a gluten free diet. How will they all take to it? Will they manage? You'll have to read it yourself to see!
G**N
Great
A great read.
O**K
Famous Five for grown-ups
Growing up, I was the BIGGEST Famous Five fan around and still have many of the original Enid Blyton stories on my bookshelves. I'd seen some of the recent 'Famous Five for grown-ups' books in one of the bookshops and considered getting a couple of them. However, as a recently diagnosed Coeliac, I just couldn't resist this particular one and just had to send for it - HILARIOUS! Imagine 'a Famous Five picnic' without any gluten-containing foods, while trying to make Aunt Fanny understand life without bread and cake ;-).
W**.
Absolute
Used to read this to my girlfriend as an amusing act of 4 play
D**O
Gluten Free- Pure Genius
Saw this book in London and seeing the characters and the style written as an Enid Blyton book was genius. Great fun to read and full of tongue in cheek humour. I purchased this for my friend as a gift.
S**H
parody on both famous five stories and gluten free people who don't really need to be.
Hilarious parody on both famous five stories and gluten free people who don't really need to be. We took it turns to read it aloud and ended up howling with laughter and tears rolling down our cheeks. Brilliant fun!
V**A
Adventure
good
D**L
Five Stars
This a cute little story and if you like English humor, you will like this delightful book!
M**A
Genial regalo
Fue un regalo para mi hermana, que es celiaca y además devoraba todos los libros de Enid Blyton. Le gustó mucho, ya sólo por la combinación de ambas cosas tan original
E**D
anglais
Court texte facile à lire afin de pratiquer l'anglais tous les jours. De plus c'est drôle, donc sympa à lire
N**A
Not worth it
The storyline is quite pointless
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