Awful Auntie by David Williams- 4/5 Stars

Awful Auntie

The book is a fascinating deep dive into the psychological profiles of aunties, both local and global. Through this book, the author raises the following questions: What makes aunties aunties and what makes them awful ones? What is the threshold at which an aunty no longer remains just an aunty but crosses the border into being an awful one?

The author has done a lot of research (there are detailed footnotes and sources) and dug into the past to extract a wealth of knowledge about aunties such as Mary Cynthia Roche (Princess Diana's aunty) and Queen Elizabeth II. He gives us a detailed checklist to explain the transition from adulthood to auntyhood. The author also requests us to gratuitously call people 'aunty', especially young-looking women (the younger the better), and to observe their reactions. He mentions that it is ok if we get abused in return because life is rarely fair.

The author also cites a remarkable study conducted in 1997. A group of women who had just fallen into the bracket of auntyhood were asked to take part in a 200-metre race. Some aunties were given pecks on their cheeks and others were given pecks on their foreheads. The peck-giving men were unknown. Their identities were not disclosed to the women. Remarkably, the ones who were kissed on their foreheads outperformed the ones who were kissed on their cheeks by 3 to 5 seconds. The implications of this study? Go figure. I don't know.

The above is just malarkey; I'm joking. This is a fun children's book about an elderly lady tormenting a child because she has some ulterior motive.