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Сдаваться – не в правилах Вив. Ей слегка за пятьдесят, а ее жизнь – настоящая мечта: двое замечательных детей, муж с блестящей карьерой, работа и уютный дом. Но в один день все рушится за считаные минуты – муж изменил ей. Брак уже не спасти. Развод, переполох на работе, бушует климакс. Каждый день жизнь заставляет ее проходить все новые и новые испытания. Но Вив знает: если жизнь подкидывает лимоны – сделай из них лимонад. И, главное, не забудь джин и тоник.

Meet Jen. Flight attendant. Mum to a grown-up daughter. Permanently single.

Age: Fifty (gulp)

Number of children: One

Number of husbands: Zero (it’s complicated)

Number of failed first dates in the last month: Too depressing to contemplate

Number of tickets for a romantic, once-in-a-lifetime trip: Two

Number of days left to find her Mr Right to take on holiday: Quickly running out…

A heart-warming and hilarious novel that proves age is just a number and it’s never too late for a second chance. Fans of Kristen Bailey, Sophie Kinsella and Jill Mansell will be totally hooked from the very first page.

Sports Day at her children's school is a nightmare for Laura because of the event she dreads - the Mums' Race. She knows the other mothers have been in training for months. Laura's vowed never to take part, but on the morning of Sports Day she makes a fatal error and promises her daughter that if she eats her Rice Crispies, she will run.

When Cait, a chaotic single mother, becomes the agony aunt for a glossy parenting magazine, she thinks she might be the single worst person to do the job.

But despite her early unwillingness, she gradually realises that the women writing might really need her help. Perhaps mothers need to realise that they're not actually expected to be perfect, after all?

Then Cait gets an email from a mysterious reader - a single dad who simply signs his name R...

Suzy Medley is having a bad day…

… when a shabby terrier turns up at her door. Just like Suzy, Scout has been abandoned, although only Suzy has been left with a financial mess and a business in tatters thanks to her ex.

Suzy takes Scout in and her chaotic world changes in unexpected ways: strangers have never been more welcoming and her teenage kids can’t wait to come home to visit.

Then a chance encounter on a windy Hebridean beach makes things more complicated, because Suzy isn’t the only one who needs a friend.

Scout has plenty of love to go round… but does Suzy?

A wonderfully funny and uplifting story about friendship and second chances (and whisky!), perfect for fans of Gill Sims and Jill Mansell

**The laugh-out-loud Sunday Times bestseller is back. Perfect for fans of ‘Outnumbered’ and Carole Matthews, Fiona writes about life as it really is.**

Forget about having it all. Sometimes you just want to leave it all behind.

Audrey is often seized by the urge to walk out of her house without looking back – but she can’t possibly do that.

She is a single parent. She is needed. She has a job, a home, responsibilities…and a slothful teenage son’s pants to pick up.

But no one likes being taken for granted – Audrey least of all – so the time has come for drastic action. And no one’s going to stand in her way…

The laugh-out-loud Sunday Times bestseller is back and funnier than ever! Perfect for fans of Why Mummy Drinks.When her 18-year-old twins leave for university, single mum Nadia’s life changes in ways she never expected: her Glasgow flat feels suddenly huge, laundry doesn’t take up half her week, and she no longer has to buy ‘the Big Milk’. After almost two decades of putting everyone else first, Nadia is finally taking care of herself. And with a budding romance with new boyfriend Jack, she’s never felt more alive.That is, until her son Alfie drops out of university, and Nadia finds her empty nest is empty no more. With a heartbroken teenager to contend with, Nadia has to ask herself: is it ever possible for a mother to get her own life back? And can Jack and Nadia’s relationship survive having a sulky teenager around?A gloriously funny and uplifting new book perfect for fans of Gill Sims and Jill Mansell.‘I was enthralled from beginning to end’ Reader Review‘A warm fuzzy romp of a book’ Reader Review‘If you want a funny, charming and feel-good story you can’t go wrong with this’ Reader Review‘What a refreshing read! I giggled and squirmed all the way through this’ Reader Review‘A great book that I didn’t want to put down, absolutely loved it!’ Reader Review

The voice of modern women is back! Perfect for fans of Milly Johnson and Carole Matthews.‘More than funny, it’s true!’ ElleAfter sixteen years of marriage, Nate and Sinead Turner have a nice life. They like their jobs, they like their house and they love their son Flynn. Yes, it’s a very nice life.Or, at least Nate thinks so. Until, one morning, he wakes to find Sinead gone and a note lying on the kitchen table listing all the things he does wrong or doesn’t do at all.Nate needs to show Sinead he can be a better husband – fast. But as he works through Sinead’s list, his life changes in unexpected ways. And he starts to wonder whether he wants them to go back to normal after all. Could there be more to life than nice?

A bargain set of three funny warm accounts of chaotic family life from bestselling author Fiona Gibson.In Pedigree Mum Kerry’s husband has left her heartbroken and alone with her kids. Can a naughty stray dog lead her to a new love?Mum on the Run’s heroine Laura hates running. Her nightmare is the Mums’ Race at Sports Day. But when her husband starts paying too much attention to a glamorous colleague, Laura is determined to get the spark back in their marriage. Even if it means joining an exercise club …In The Great Escape Hannah, Lou and Sadie are determined to leave the trials of parenthood behind and recapture their lost youth on a hen weekend. Trouble is, things don’t go according to plan, and while they’re away, the men in their lives have some revelations of their own …

The Funny One: Part of the Love…Maybe ebook short story collection.Jenny’s teenage son Cameron wants her out of their flat while he cooks a special Valentine supper for his girlfriend… so how on earth is she supposed to spend the most romantic night of the year?A laugh-out-loud Valentine’s read, perfect for fans of ‘Outnumbered’ and Fern Britton.***This is a short story, which you can also buy as part of the Love…Maybe Eshort Collection***

‘The voice of modern woman.’ MARIE CLAIRE‘More than funny, it’s true.’ ELLEThe laugh-out-loud Sunday Times bestseller is back – and funnier than ever! Perfect for fans of Outnumbered and Carole Matthews, Fiona writes about life as it really is.After yet another disaster, Lorrie is calling time on online dating. She might be single in her forties, but she’s got a good job, wonderful children and she’s happy. This, Lorrie decides, is going to have to be enough.That is, until she receives a very unexpected request from France. Antoine Rousseau, who had once turned a lonely French exchange trip into a summer of romance, wants to see her – after thirty years.But Lorrie is a responsible woman. She can’t exactly run off to Nice with the man who broke her teenage heart . . . can she?A wonderfully funny novel, perfect for fans of Jill Mansell, Joanna Bolouri and Milly Johnson.

Can any woman ever grab back a piece of her younger self? For one weekend only, Hannah, Sadie and Lou are determined to give it their best shot.Hannah’s getting married… and has serious pre-wedding jitters. She adores Ryan but can’t figure out how to fit into his grown-up, family-sized life. There’s that fridge, for starters. That, too, is family-sized, with a gadget on the front that spits ice in her face. More alarming still are Ryan’s children, Daisy, 10 and Josh, 13, who clearly don’t relish the prospect of Hannah, a free-spirited greetings card illustrator, becoming their step-mum.So she fires off invitations to a hen weekend – just the ticket to get her into the marrying mood. Trouble is…New mum Sadie is leaving her twin babies for the very first time with their terrified dad…Lou is unaware that her long-term man Spike is desperate to bundle her onto that Glasgow-bound train so he can hot-foot it round to see his secret fling Miranda…And, unbeknown to the girls, Johnny, their sexy upstairs neighbour from their art college days, is still frequenting those haunts, desperately in need of a little magic to happen.Perfect for fans of Jane Costello, Kate Long and Tess Stimson.