Overworked and Underlaid: A seriously funny guide to life

Nigel Marsh

Jan 2009 · Allen & Unwin

About this ebook

Ever felt overworked and underlaid?

Or that you're slogging away in a job you don't enjoy to buy things you don't need to impress people you don't like?

And that sometimes self-help books are no help at all?

If so, Nigel Marsh knows how you feel. In this, his latest book, the bestselling author of Fat Forty and Fired recounts anecdotes from his recent family and work life that have given him pause to stop and think. Candid and inspiring, Marsh will make you laugh out loud as he tackles topics as diverse as work-life balance, sex in marriage (or lack of it), parenting, death - even dog ownership.

Marsh's disarming humility and self-depreciating humour make a refreshing change from those experts who claim to have all the answers. Instead, Overworked and Underlaid is simply one vertically challenged man's view of life - from the ground up.

'Couples warning! Buy two copies and read them in separate, soundproof rooms . . . An irresistible invitation to laugh your way to a better view of the world.' - Stephanie Dowrick

Ratings and reviews

Really liked it, not sure I would have put it in the business and economics section though.

Awesome

About the author

Nigel Marsh's bestselling memoir, Fat, Forty and Fired, was published in 2005 to critical acclaim and top-ten success, and is now being translated and published worldwide. Group CEO of Y+R Brands, one of Australia's largest communications groups, and a former stand-up comic, theologist and now a recovered alcoholic, Nigel is one of the most sought-after speakers on the conference circuit. Born in Plymouth, UK, Nigel was sent to boarding school at the tender age of five. He has spent the last 35 years thinking of ways to gain the attention and affirmation of his parents. He lives in Sydney with his wife and four young kids.