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Jinxed traveller that she is, Sylvia good-humouredly conjures up the difficulties that beset a nice East End girl on holiday: whether it be a fight in a Paris strip club, struggling to change out of her swimsuit with an audience of two fascinated German men, or learning to ski. The result is one of the most refreshing and amusing travel books of our time, and another Sylvia Smith classic.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49544127480081,"sku":"GOR003703333","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49611382423825,"sku":"GOR004895781","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0330419269.jpg?v=1750910234"},{"product_id":"my-holidays-book-sylvia-smith-9780330419277","title":"My Holidays","description":"From the author of Misadventures and Appleby House comes another volume of true-life tales. 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The house was a shabby, peeling terrace in the East End; the proprietors were the kindly Mr and Mrs Appleby; her fellow tenants were all carefully selected single girls. This is the story of her time there, a brief tale full of incident - \"I was washing some hand-knitted jumpers in my kitchen sink \" - insight - \"In my opinion toilets have to be spotlessly clean\" - humour - \"On a lighter note the bath heater began playing up \" - and emotion - \"He played badminton in a very subdued fashion\". It is one of the most endearing comedies of day-to-day living around. Sylvia Smith writes of the familiar difficulties and delights of daily life with great attention to detail and a gift for hilarious deadpan. She introduces a host of colourful characters, from Laura the noisy neighbour to Ali the almost-stalker. 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