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'Heart-warming, heart-breaking and hilarious.’

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'Shirley Valentine meets Bridget Jones.'

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‘This is such a classy novel.’

Meet Helen. She worries that the walls are closing in. With her children grown and her selfish husband away again, she's full of regrets at not taking the exciting paths she dreamed about in her youth. So when the chance of a last-minute holiday to Cyprus with her two best friends is offered, she grabs it.

Meet Caro. A successful city analyst. Single and childless, she's not in Cyprus for the glorious sunshine and crystal-blue waters. But her secret feels so shameful she can't bring herself to share it.

Meet Kay. Sandwiched between the needs of a grown-up son with learning difficulties and elderly parents, all she wants to do is sleep in the sun, preferably all week.

As Caro's secret emerges, tensions between the women explode.

Friendship was easy when they were young, how can it be so hard now?

Prepare to meet three new friends you'll feel you've known all your life!

An Amazon All-Stars award winning title.

Readers Favorite Finalist

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'It’s sad, it’s funny, it’s every woman’s life.'

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‘Brilliantly written, with so many twists that you just won’t see coming.'

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‘ 'I feel as though I am part of their friendship group now.'

Trying to walk the tricky tightrope of family responsibilities, Helen pours out her heart to her loyal girlfriends. But when the close group try to help her move forward, they find themselves instead on a direct path to conflict as strained friendships and family ties collide in an act of unforgivable pain.

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‘Totally addictive reading.’

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‘It spoke to me over and over’

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‘The ending had me turning pages like a woman demented.’

Caro and Helen put their troubles aside to fulfil Kay’s lifelong dream of a trip to Las Vegas. But walking on egg-shells around each other, time is running out on the chances of reconciliation.

Short-listed for the Kindle Storyteller Award 2023

Winner of the VOX Best Performance in an Audiobook 2023

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'Profound depiction of resilience and loving care in friendships, with a ton of 80s's nostalgia.'

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'Hansson's writing skillfully weaves together nostalgia, emotional depth and suspence, keeping readers engaged until the final page with never a dull moment in the storyline.'

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'Few people write middle-aged female friendships as well as Hansson.'

Meryem has learned to look out for number one. Abducted as a teenager from England to Turkey, thirty years later she is finally free to live life on her own terms.

She is divorced and wealthy, working a lucrative job in Dubai, when a whispered confession from her dying father turns her world upside down, and sets her on a path to discover the truth.

The first step is a return to London, and her childhood friends, Alma and Sammy, with whom she embarks upon an impromptu 80s weekend.

But the women, once so close, struggle to reconnect as forgotten memories and shocking revelations surrounding Meryem's abduction tear open unhealed wounds.

Coming soon!