Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk

'SO witty, so entertaining, yet so moving. Countless women will identify with Laura Clark. I loved it so much!' MARIAN KEYES

'Brilliantly entertaining . . . surprisingly moving 'JENNIE GODFREY

'Riotously funny' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'If you're a woman with only so many f*cks left to give, this book is for you' CALLY BEATON

'A book with a big, generous heart' BOBBY PALMER


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WHO IS LAURA CLARK?

To her colleagues: an invisible forty-something HR manager who restocks the meeting-room snacks.

To her husband and teenage daughter: the woman who puts food in the fridge and dinner on the table.

To her elderly mother: a round-the-clock helpline for endless complaints.

Laura Clark is the woman everyone relies on. But barely anyone sees.

So, one day, Laura puts on her 'out of office' message - and doesn't come back. And soon, everyone's formerly ordered lives quickly begin to descend into all-out chaos.

Where has Laura gone?
Has something terrible happened to her?
Or has she - unthinkably - decided to finally give her own life the finger?

To find out, the people in her life must realise that, maybe, they never really knew Laura Clark at all . . .

'An empowering story for any woman who's ever felt invisible - or is simply sick of everyone's s**t!'
FIONA GIBSON

'Intriguing, relatable and utterly fabulous! I was completely hooked from the very first page to the last'
HELGA JENSEN

'A wonderfully relatable book that had me laughing, empathising, commiserating and, ultimately, cheering for Laura'
SHEILA McCLURE

'As blissful as eating a Twix in the sunshine on the way home from work, this is a gloriously funny manifesto for why we should never take the Laura Clarks of this world for granted!'
JULIE MA

'Helen Russell's exquisite storytelling reveals the layers of Laura's life gently like the unfurling of a peony in summer . . . I loved every second of it'
JENNI BAYLISS

'Every woman needs to read this . . . 12/10 across the board'
RIA LINA

'Wonderful . . . so much fun - hugely wonderfully hilarious, and so well observed!'
M.K. OLIVER

READERS LOVE LAURA CLARK:

'Funny, wise and everything in between, I absolutely loved it' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'So relatable and a little bit chaotic . . . can't recommend it enough'
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'The ending was so satisfying' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Helen Russell has hit it out of the park' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Laugh-out-loud funny' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Once I started reading, I couldn't stop' ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐