Are We Nearly There Yet?: A Family's 8,000-Mile Car Journey Around Britain [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

'so funny ... and incredibly touching'

'The sign of a really good book is when I don't want it to end and I start to read more slowly to eke it out to the last page. This is exactly what happened with Ben Hatch's splendid book. Rarely have I laughed so much one moment, or been nearly moved to tears the next... this book is hilarious!'

'Ben Hatch's hugely entertaining Are We Nearly There Yet? is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who has ever travelled with small children. Hatch captures the pleasures and pitfalls of the Great British Family Holiday as he spends an exhausting five months visiting pretty much every tourist attraction on the map. It's a daft romp, but also a touching paean to family life (and at one point he does something baffling and regrettable with a toothbrush).' Christmas Books Round-Up

'Emotional reconciliations and family dramas are part of the journey in this amusing voyage of self-discovery... Poignant and moving, he struggles with grief and goodbyes as well as celebrating a new-found closeness with his family.'

'I laughed out loud... I read this book, devoured it, and am now reading it again. This book has it all, it's the kind of book that stays with you afterwards. I literally wanted to force people to sit down, screaming at them, 'read this book, you HAVE TO!"

'a cracking book... I think it's a funny, sad, outspoken book which has hints of the Brit sitcom Outnumbered.'

'I can't recommend it highly enough... this one is about a living, loving, occasionally quarrelsome but clearly very happy marriage and it felt curiously life-affirming to read about it. It's very warts and all, extremely funny, very human and very sad. If you liked One Day... or just good books in general, don't let this one pass you by.'

'As arduous journeys go, it's nearly up there with Scott's trek to the South Pole or the conquest of Everest... Ben Hatch is an extremely gifted comic writer; but what makes this book truly special is that the comedy is played out against the background of his father, former BBC Producer, Sir David Hatch, slowly dying of cancer... As in all great travel books, the actual voyage becomes an emotional one too... An absolutely wonderful book.'

'a very amusing, often unexpectedly touching account of a trip that explores every facet of family relationships.'

'a comic account of the chaos of researching a UK Frommer's guide with a young family in tow.'

If you think writing a guidebook is easy, think again...

They were bored, broke, burned out and turning 40, so when Ben and Dinah saw the advert looking for a husband and wife team with young kids to write a guidebook about family travel around Britain, they jumped at the chance. With naïve visions of staring moodily across Coniston Water and savouring Cornish pasties, they embark on a mad-cap five-month trip with daughter Phoebe, four, and son Charlie, two, embracing the freedom of the open road with a spirit of discovery and an industrial supply of baby wipes.