検索キーワード： 著者 "Nicola Gill" すべてのカテゴリー

Emily er 29 år, lærer og så har hun brug for, at hendes far tror på, at hendes liv er en succes. Han forlod måske familien, da hun var barn, og svigtede hende, da hun havde allermest brug for ham, men hendes liv er perfekt på trods af ham. Eller det var det indtil sidste fredag, hvor hendes forlovede slog op med hende. Nu står hun over for en skræmmende tom fremtid, og hun er ved at gå i opløsning på arbejdet. Og netop som hun troede, at det ikke kunne blive værre, dukker hendes far op på hendes dørtrin. Emily kan ikke bære at fortælle sin far, at hendes liv er faldet fra hinanden.

Jess and Laura might be sisters, but they’re very different. Laura is laid-back, eats cheese in bed and takes life as it comes. Jess, meanwhile, is the classic overachiever. They’re family, but they’re not exactly friends. When their mum dies, the sisters struggle to agree on anything, from where to scatter the ashes to whether 'passed away' is an acceptable term. But as life forces them together, Laura and Jess realise: the only way through this is as a team. After all, they’re stuck with each other - and drinking wine is more fun as a pair.... 

Some women have it all. Others are 34 and rent a tiny flat alone because they recently found their long-term boyfriend in bed with their boss. Newly single and jobless, Ginny Taylor is certain her life can’t get any worse. But then she encounters her downstairs neighbour for the very first time. Cassie Frost was a once-loved actress, but after a recent mishap she desperately needs a new publicist. And Ginny is a publicist who desperately needs a job - but can she be persuaded to work for the uber-difficult, excessively prickly woman that lives below her floorboards?

Be yourself, people say. But the last person Clare Palmer wants to be is herself—she's lost everything she once had and now can barely get through a bus ride without wanting to thump someone. (People who don't wear headphones, sniffers, fried chicken guzzlers). So when she discovers her resemblance to beloved reality TV presenter Jenna Cox, Clare jumps at the chance to become a lookalike, earn some cash, and get her life back together.

Twenty-nine-year-old teacher Emily needs her father to believe her life is a success. He may have walked out on the family when she was a child and let her down when she needed him most, but her life is perfect despite him.