Marrying Off Mum

There are lots of comic scenes and a clever plot, too, holding this together. It starts with Henry's New Year resolutions and his new penfriend. Henry wants to be rich and find a man for his mum. Lesley, his penfriend, has a rich father and no mother - Henry thinks he sees the answer to his problems and the letters wing to-and-fro as the penfriends arrange a joint holiday for themselves and their parents. Nothing goes according to plan - well, Henry's plan. Lesley turns out to be a female determined to re-arrange Henry's perceptions about women. Good fun and worth adding to the class library.