{"id":2147436205,"date":"2022-11-17T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T08:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/?p=2147436205"},"modified":"2022-11-19T08:52:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T06:52:20","slug":"the-mother-of-all-christmases-milly-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowglitterbooks.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/17\/the-mother-of-all-christmases-milly-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mother of All Christmases – Milly Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Titel:<\/strong> The Mother of all Christmases
F\u00f6rfattare:<\/strong> Milly Johnson
ISBN:<\/strong> 9781471161902
Sidantal:<\/strong> 528
F\u00f6rlag<\/strong>: Simon Schuster UK
Spr\u00e5k: <\/strong>Engelska
Format:<\/strong> H\u00e4ftad
Utgiven: <\/strong>2018
Handling<\/strong>: ”Eve Glace<\/strong> – co-owner of Winterworld – is pregnant.  This sends the whole of the theme park into baby mania, especially as the baby\u2019s due date is 25th December. But their joy is soured by the fact it appears someone is trying to sabotage the Christmas celebrations.
 
Annie Pandoro<\/strong> and her husband Joe<\/strong> own a small Christmas cracker factory, are well set up and happy together despite life never blessing them with a much-wanted child.  Now, Annie thinks she is going through the menopause and any vestige of hope has been extinguished. 
 
Palma Collins<\/strong> has agreed to act as a surrogate, hoping the money will give her a helping hand out of the gutter in which she finds herself.  But when the couple split up just after she finds out she is pregnant, she is left carrying a baby she never wanted in the first place.
 
Annie, Palma and Eve all meet at the \u2018Pudding Club\u2019, a new directive started by a forward-thinking young doctor, who was Palma\u2019s first love at school.  Though their lives have gone in very different directions, will this group help each other to find happiness and peace as Christmas approaches?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jag l\u00e4ste A Winter Flame<\/em> 2014 och tyckte v\u00e4ldigt mycket om den. I The Mother of All Christmases<\/em> f\u00e5r vi m\u00f6ta samma huvudperson, Eve Glace, igen. Eve och tv\u00e5 andra mammor tr\u00e4ffas i ”Pudding club”, en m\u00f6tesplats f\u00f6r gravida. De har alla olika bakgrund och liv, men genom klubben f\u00e5r de st\u00f6d av varandra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Det \u00e4r en ganska typisk Milly Johnson-bok: engelska uttryck och rappa dialoger. Johnson \u00e4r bra p\u00e5 att f\u00e5 flyt i texten, \u00e4ven om hennes b\u00f6cker ofta \u00e4r (enligt mig) f\u00f6r l\u00e5nga. Feelgood p\u00e5 \u00f6ver 500 sidor beh\u00f6ver kortas ned. Det kunde \u00e4ven denna bok m\u00e5tt bra av, trots det l\u00e4ttsamma spr\u00e5ket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jag kommer inte de tre kvinnorna s\u00e5 n\u00e4ra som jag skulle \u00f6nska. Boken hade gett ett annat djup om jag bara f\u00f6ljt Eve, Palma eller Annie. Palmas ber\u00e4ttelse var den som k\u00e4ndes minst trov\u00e4rdig (jag tror inte Johnson har full koll p\u00e5 surrogatprocessen), medan Annies s\u00f6ta kexbageri gav mig mersmak. Eve och hennes Winterworld-temapark k\u00e4nde jag till fr\u00e5n A Winter Flame<\/em> och hade g\u00e4rna sett mera h\u00e4ndelser p\u00e5 den fronten. N\u00e5gra krystade bikarakt\u00e4rer kl\u00e4mmer Johnson in, utan att riktigt lyckas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

En grej som \u00e4r genomg\u00e5ende i Johnsons b\u00f6cker \u00e4r ”fett”. Det \u00e4r en slags jargong bland de kvinnliga karakt\u00e4rerna: ”Jag har lagt p\u00e5 mig minst X kilo!”, ”Hej du din tjockis” *kamratlig puff* eller ”Hennes man hade noterat att hon blivit fetare i ansiktet.” Det h\u00e4r \u00e4r inte riktigt n\u00e5got vi ser i nordisk litteratur. F\u00f6rfattare skriver inte att gravida kvinnor \u00e4r citat ”feta”\/”fetare”. Jag kunde ge tiotals exempel p\u00e5 hur vikthets, fet-kommentarer och fat shaming f\u00f6rekom i den h\u00e4r boken. Det st\u00f6r mig v\u00e4ldigt mycket och p\u00e5verkade min l\u00e4sning negativt. \u00c4ven n\u00e4r f\u00f6rfattaren menar det p\u00e5 ett humoristiskt s\u00e4tt s\u00e5 funkar det inte. Vi \u00e4r f\u00f6rbi den tiden – kanske Johnson ocks\u00e5 kunde komma bort fr\u00e5n det nu?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julst\u00e4mningen \u00e4r n\u00e4stintill obefintlig, trots den juliga titeln. Det var synd, och lite vilseledande. Som helhet var boken r\u00e4tt s\u00e5 underh\u00e5llande, men inget jag l\u00e4ngtade efter att plocka upp. De andra b\u00f6ckerna jag l\u00e4st av Johnson var mycket b\u00e4ttre. Jag \u00e4lskar omslagen och den engelska k\u00e4nslan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milly Johnsons b\u00f6cker har nu b\u00f6rjat ges ut p\u00e5 svenska p\u00e5 Bokf\u00f6rlaget Polaris. Undrar om den brittiska accenten h\u00f6rs i \u00f6vers\u00e4ttningen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tidigare l\u00e4st av f\u00f6rfattaren:<\/em>
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