Kate Reddy is counting down the days until she is fifty, but not in a good way.Fifty, in Kate’s mind, equals invisibility, and she’s caught between her traitorous hormones, unknowable teenage children and ailing parents.She’s back at work after a break, now that her husband Rich has dropped out of the rat race to master the art of mindfulness. But just as Kate is finding a few tricks to get by, her old client and flame Jack reappears – complicated doesn’t even begin to cove...

'A bible for the working mother' OPRAH WINFREY'It may change your life' OBSERVER'I can't think of a woman who wouldn't want this book' INDIA KNIGHTThe twentieth anniversary edition of Allison Pearson's first novel that became a global sensation, now with a new introduction from the author.Meet Kate Reddy, hedge-fund manager, wife and mother of two. Always time-poor, Kate must monitor ...

1974. Thirteen-year-old Petra and her best friend Sharon are desperate to win a competition to meet their teen idol.Meanwhile Bill is unhappy in his job, ghostwriting the fanzine of the man so adored by the girls - and slightly unnerved by the extreme emotions of some of the fans.Fast forward to 1998. Petra is pushing forty and on the brink of divorce. While cleaning out her mother's wardrobe she finds a letter declaring her the winner of the competition sh...

Deliciously clever and touching, with a compelling twist, I THINK I LOVE YOU asks what happens when the man you thought you loved turns out to be somebody else...In her bestselling debut, I Don't Know How She Does It, Allison Pearson spoke to mothers everywhere. Now, in I Think I Love You, she is back with her pitch-perfect ability to observe our lives, loves and relationships. We enter the world of two unforgettable friends: Petra and Sharon, in 1970s So...

Kate Reddy is back! The follow-up to the international bestseller I Don’t Know How She Does It, the novel that defined modern life for women everywhere. This time she’s juggling teenagers, ageing parents and getting back into the workplace, and every page will have you laughing and thinking: It’s not just me.Mail on Sunday’s Books of the YearKate Reddy is counting down the days until she is fifty, but not in a good way. Fifty, in Kate’s mind, equals invisibility. And with h...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Hope In a Jar, Secrets of a Shoe Addict, and Shoe Addicts Anonymous, comes a novel about old rivalries, deep secrets, and the three things all women wish they were.Twenty years ago, when they were teenagers, Holly and Nicola were the outsiders at summer camp. Holly was the plump one, a dreamer who longed to be an artist. Nicola was the shy, plain one who wanted nothing more than to be...

A gripping exploration of life behind closed doors from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Good Girl and The BetrayalsNanny required to take care of needs of busy professional London familyWhen penniless student Ali Sparrow answers Bryony and Nick Skinner's advertisement her life changes overnight.She is catapulted into the privileged and excessive world of London's financial elite. At fir...

Australia's best-known fashion PR lifts the lid on the glamorous world of A-list celebrity in a light hearted, fun filled, fast paced novel for fans of trashy mags and Perez Hilton - the ideal beach read for summer. Meet Jasmine Lewis, the smart young publicist trying to work her way up from the bottom in Sydney's hottest PR company. She's done the coffee runs, the dry-cleaning pickups, the 5 a.m. starts, the 11 p.m. finishes. But still her evil boss Diane Wilderstein is never happy. So wh...

'Mia Culpa is often very funny, and sometimes very serious.'DAILY TELEGRAPH'Engaging stuff.'SUNDAY AGESometimes, when I meet someone new and I tell them I'm a writer, they ask 'What do you write about?' Tricky question. It's a lot like asking a woman who's just come home from a girls' dinner 'What did you talk about?' The short answer?Everything!When Mia Freedman talks, people l...

'Was he even twenty-five? He was half my age and I was dancing with him like some moon-eyed teenager.'Loulou Landers, London's undisputed Queen of Vintage Fashion, meets a man on the eve of her dreaded forty-ninth birthday. He's kind, he's sensitive, he's divinely handsome and he carries a designer suit like George Clooney. Unfortunately, he's barely half her age, and Loulou's just not ready to 'go cougar'.Then there is Loulou's 21-year-old daughter, Theo, ...

Like mother, like daughter...!Shopaholic Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood)'s two-year-old is ... spirited. She knows what she wants, whether it's a grown-up Prada handbag or a toy pony (40% off, so a bargain, surely?) When yet another shopping trip turns to mayhem, Becky decides it's time to give Minnie her own pocket money. Is it a bad sign when Minnie goes instantly overdrawn?Minnie isn't the only one in financial crisis. As the Bank of London collapses, peop...

The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella . . . soon to be a major motion picture!Emma is like every girl in the world. She has a few little secrets.Secrets from her mother:1. I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom to Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching TV.… From her boyfriend:2. I’m a size twelve. Not a size eight, like Conn...