Other Parents
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Sarah Stovell’s gripping new novel, Every Happy Family is available now!
Hilarious, unputdownable, suspenseful fiction, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Motherland
They all have opinions.
They all have secrets.
‘Both funny and engaging while tackling some serious stuff’ Jane Fallon
‘Deft, wry and perceptive, this drama targets class and modern parenting’ Daily Mail
‘Sensitive, sharply observed and often funny’ Adele Parks, Platinum
‘Touted as the new Liane Moriarty, Stovell is one to watch’ Woman & Home
‘Cringe-inducing, agonising, truthful, heartbreaking and hilarious’ Janice Hallett
In a small town like West Burntridge, it should be impossible to keep a secret.
Rachel Saunders knows gossip is the price you pay for a rural lifestyle and outstanding schools. The latest town scandal is her divorce – and the fact that her new girlfriend has moved into the family home.
Laura Spence lives in a poky bedsit on the wrong side of town. She and her son Max don’t really belong, and his violent tantrums are threatening to expose the very thing she’s trying to hide.
When the local school introduces a new inclusive curriculum, Rachel and Laura find themselves on opposite sides of a fearsome debate.
But the problem with having your nose in everyone else’s business is that you often miss what is happening in your own home.
What readers are saying about Other Parents
'This is definitely a contender for the best book I have read this year' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Wow. Just wow’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Felt like a cross between Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere and I completely loved it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Utterly brilliant!!! A fantastic read that I could not put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I laughed and cried and also was left wondering what the future would hold for a couple of the characters’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Gossip. People poking noses in where they shouldn’t. Rumours. Lies. Backlashes. Right up my street’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author
Sarah Stovell was born in Kent in 1977 and now lives in Northumberland with her partner and two children. She has an MA and a PhD in creative writing and is a lecturer in creative writing at Lincoln University. She is the author of four previous novels, Mothernight, The Night Flower, Exquisite and The Home. Exquisite was chosen by The Times as one of the top 40 crime novels of the past 5 years.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The school gates can be a scary place, full of rivalries, resentments and petty politics. Stovell’s gripping, gossipy psychological thriller cleverly taps into those broiling undercurrents as scandals engulf an Ofsted-outstanding school. It combines the flat white-sipping female frenemies of Big Little Lies with the parenting flashpoints of The Slap, leavened by the sharply observed wit of Motherland. The setting of a gentrified Northumberland town is vividly realised and Stovell’s writing is so visual, the propulsive plot plays out like a binge-worthy Netflix drama in the reader’s mind. You might even find yourself mentally casting it as you go. The story takes several unexpectedly dark turns as the smug alpha mums’ secrets bubble to the surface and their seemingly perfect families unravel. It also shows some bracingly satirical bite about snobbery and stereotyping, hypocrisy and inequality. Think nursery noir or Doctor Foster at the end-of-term disco.
