A sharp-eyed modern morality tale about mothers and daughters and how we raise our children, from the author of Separate Lives .
A sharp-eyed modern morality tale about mothers and daughters and how we raise our children, from the author of Separate Lives.
A sharp-eyed modern morality tale about mothers and daughters and how we raise our children, from the author of Separate Lives .
A sharp-eyed modern morality tale about mothers and daughters and how we raise our children, from the author of Separate Lives.
Eve Sturridge, a high-flying divorcee and mother of two girls, is head teacher of Ivy House, an Ofsted 'Outstanding' prep school in Sussex. Eve is passionate about her school and its pupils.
When Danish power couple, Stefan and Anette Sorenson, jet in and choose Ivy House over other schools, Eve is justifiably proud. The Sorensons are A-listers who bring an aura of style and power to Ivy House. Zoe is Eve's pretty seventeen-year-old daughter. Unlike her mother, Zoe's not so keen on school. She prefers sending nude selfies to her boyfriend. When glamorous Stefan Sorenson proposes that Zoe interns at his company and invites her to accompany him to New York, Zoe is over the moon with excitement, while Eve is too focused on Ivy House to smell danger...“Witty , poignant and wonderfully observed , this book's title gets it in one-- Independent on Sunday”
I loved this book ... full of characters who behave like people you might actually know - Jojo Moyes
Funny, clever and achingly honest ... a wonderful insight into contemporary relationships - Sally BramptonSeriously gripping . . . Funny, sad and always sharp - Daisy GoodwinA novel more grown-up, better written and funnier than anything remotely resembling (dreaded phrase) "chick-lit" - Observer (on Separate Lives)A triumph, a hilarious dissection of life among North London yummy mummies - Daily Mail (on Separate Lives)Kathryn Flett is a journalist who has written for numerous international publications and makes regular TV and radio appearances as a critic and pundit. She was the TV critic for the Observer for ten years. Outstanding is her second novel. She is the mother of two sons and lives in St-Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
Eve Sturridge, a high-flying divorcee and mother of two girls, is head teacher of Ivy House, an Ofsted 'Outstanding' prep school in Sussex. Eve is passionate about her school and its pupils. When Danish power couple, Stefan and Anette Sorenson, jet in and choose Ivy House over other schools, Eve is justifiably proud. The Sorensons are A-listers who bring an aura of style and power to Ivy House. Zoe is Eve's pretty seventeen-year-old daughter. Unlike her mother, Zoe's not so keen on school. She prefers sending nude selfies to her boyfriend.When glamorous Stefan Sorenson proposes that Zoe interns at his company and invites her to accompany him to New York, Zoe is over the moon with excitement, while Eve is too focused on Ivy House to smell danger...
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