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* 'Hilariously accurate. The funniest novel
about the female mid-life crisis' The Times
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Clara Hutt is forty-six years
old, and in pretty good nick, considering. She has
kick-ass underwear, a large and loving family, and a
healthy sense of what matters in life. Until Gaby moves
in.
Gaby's an old school friend of Clara's who has
just returned from LA. She may be a yoga mogul who lives
off kale, and speaks a made-up fantasy novel language,
but Gaby's no stranger to cosmetic surgery: she's almost
fifty, but looks thirty-six at most.
What with Gaby,
and Clara's son's leggy girlfriend, Sky, wafting around
the house in her stripy pants, Clara starts to wonder if
a little Botox, a little filler, a nip and a tuck, would
be so very wrong. Should she ignore the fear? Or is
there another way to grow old gracefully - and how far
is she prepared to go to find out?
'Had me reaching
for the hankie as I wept with laughter from start to
finish' Evening Standard
'A brilliant mix of
humour and heart . . . offers a witty take on the ageing
process, delivered in Knight's usual pithy,
thought-provoking style'
Grazia
'Tear-inducingly funny . . . we love
this story' Closer
'Gleeful. A frank and funny
novel of Harley Street makeovers and matronly madness'
Independent
India Knight is the
author of three previous novels: My Life on a
Plate, Don't You Want Me and Comfort and
Joy. Her non-fiction books include The Shops,
the bestselling diet book Neris and India's
Idiot-Proof Diet, the accompanying bestselling
cookbook Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook
and The Thrift Book. India is a columnist for
the Sunday Times and lives in London with her
three children.
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