Motherfaker

A hilarious and unputdownable debut novel about what to expect when you're not expecting!

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Beschreibung

<p><b>How far would you go for a year off work . . . ?</b><br><br>'I raced through it' - <b><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>'Brilliantly original and hilariously executed' - <b>Rosie Walsh, author of <i>The Love of My Life</i></b><br><br><b>Meet Barri Brown. Respected teacher. Upstanding citizen of Guernsey. Down for a bit of law-breaking . . .</b><br><br>At thirty-five, Barri spends her time slaving away as a teacher, getting passed over for promotions and constantly covering for colleagues with kids. When her husband vanishes - along with her savings - it's the final straw. And so, she hatches a wild plan: fake a pregnancy and use the paid maternity leave to start over somewhere new.<br><br>With seven foam bumps, a wardrobe full of smock dresses and a great pregnancy heist underway, all Barri has to do is blag it until she can disappear for good - without getting caught and being sent to prison for fraud. How hard could it be?<br><br>Will she <i>really </i>get away with telling the mother of all lies?<br><br><b>From award-winning comedy writer Anna Brook-Mitchell, <i>Motherfaker </i>is the perfect read for fans of <i>Really Good, Actually</i> by Monica Heisey and <i>All The Other Mothers Hate Me</i> by Sarah Harman.</b><br><br>'Funny, moving, relatable and keeps you on the edge of your seat' - <b>Libby Page, author of <i>The Lido</i></b><br><br>'A bold, brilliant and bonkers caper' - <b>Alexandra Potter, author of <i>Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up</i></b><br><br>'Brilliantly funny' - <b><i>Stylist</i></b><br><br>'This book will make you guffaw out loud' - <b><i>Prima</i></b><br><br><b>Readers love <i>Motherfaker</i>!</b><br><br>'A rare mix of laugh-out-loud funny, moving and compelling'<br><br>'Clever, tender, and impossible to put down - an absolute joy from start to finish'<br><br>'Funny, emotional, heart-wrenching and action-packed, with an idyllic Guernsey location'<br><br>'Hilarious, touching, emotional, infuriating and a bit bonkers'<br><br>'A fantast

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781035089291

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

234 x 153 x 21 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Verlag / Hersteller

Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL