Madame Doubtfire by bestselling author Anne Fine is a wonderfully funny, punchy story about family life. Lydia, Christopher, and Natalie are used to domestic turmoil. Their parents' divorce has not made family life any easier in either home. The children bounce to and from their volatile mother, Miranda, and their out-of-work actor father, Daniel. Then Miranda advertises for a cleaning lady who will look after the children after work—and Daniel gets the job, disguised as Madame Doubtfire. This bittersweet, touching, and extremely funny book inspired the highly successful film Mrs. Doubtfire, starring the late Robin Williams. Madame Doubtfire is reissued in the 'A Puffin Book' series of Puffin modern classics.