The More You Ignore Me..., (Paperback)

from voracious

This is a surprisingly delightful British novel about the mad exploits of a schizophrenic woman (Gina) and her family's attempts to live their lives despite her illness. Morrissey, the lead singer for the Smiths, plays a pivotal role as the daughter, Alice, develops an obsessive crush on him, whi...

from thelittlebookworm

This was definitely different from my usual YA fantasy fare. It was more like the books I read when I was a teenager. It's described on the back as in "the tradition of the Adrian Mole novels" and I got that impression right off. It was like a cross of Adrian Mole and Susan Juby's Alice, I Think....

from revzonian

Thank you, Harper Paperbacks, for the advanced uncorrected proof of "The More You Ignore Me: A Novel." I found this book full of humor, sadness, and hope. Gina, the mother who has obsessions with celebrities (actually she has schizophrenia) is left alone most of the time by her daughter, Alice, a...

from scuzzy

Jo Brand is sort of the literary Janis Joplin. Not the most stunning woman you could come across, but with a certain something, a special 'thing' that gives her a sexy edge. With Janis it is the voice, and other than Joss Stone, no other woman has the voice, and with Jo it is her dead pan humour,...

from AnaV93

This lovely little British novel revolves around Alice a character who purposely isolates herself from her family world as a way of coping with her mothers mental disorder. Gina, appropriately having the last name Wildgoose, is the mother of Alice and the one running the show. All the lives of th...