madame+Doubtfire+Summary

I have read the book Madame Doubtfire by the English author Anne Fine. The novel was published in 1987 and is a novel mostly for teenagers. The book is about parents who get divorced and how the divorce affects the whole family.

The novel is about the parents Daniel and Miranda Hilliard who are divorced. Miranda is a successful businesswoman with the children cares and Daniel is an out-of-work-actor who lives by himself in a small flat. Both of the parents are struggling to get more time with their three children Lydia, Christopher and Natalie. After a while Miranda decides to hire a Nanny to take care of the children and look after the house when she is at work. Daniel sees this as the perfect opportunity to spend more time with his children so he dresses himself like an old, nice and polite woman. He gets the job and every time it seems like the plan worked out well. He gets to see his children more often and Miranda do not find out who Madame Doubtfire is, the two oldest children Christopher and Lydia finds out who Madame Doubtfire really are, but keeps it tight. All in the family likes the nanny Madame Doubtfire, included Miranda.

All good things have an end, also in this story. Miranda finds out who Madame Doubtfire really is and they realized that both of the parents have treaded each other bad and Daniel is allowed to see his children more often.


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