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About Me and My Girl

Simon Harrap, an executive at the ‘Eyecatchers' advertising agency in London's Covent Garden, found himself alone and in sole charge of adolescent daughter Samantha when his wife Ruth passed away (she had died when Samantha was three). To help him cope, his snooty mother-in-law, Nell Cresset, joined the household (and became a director of his company), and they also took on a housekeeper. Initially this was the goofy Scots girl, Maddie, later replaced by fellow-Scot, the amiable but accident-prone Isobel. Humor came from Simon's attempts to set an example and to keep Samantha on the straight and narrow (particularly with regard to homework and boys) while at the same time failing to curb his own gallivanting and recklessness. His friend, brother-in-law and business partner was the heavily married-with-three-kids Derek Yates, and Liz was his secretary. The swift production of the first...