A hilarious, straight-talking read for fans of Fiona Neill and Gill Hornby’s ‘The Hive’.A hilarious, straight-talking read for fans of Fiona Neill and Gill Hornby’s ‘The Hive’.Maia is a cleaner for ladies who lunch. With mops and buckets in tow, she spends her days dashing from house to house cleaning up after them, as they rush from one exhausting Pilates class to the next.But an unusual inheritance catapults her and her children into the very exclusive world of Stirling Hall School – a place where no child can survive without organic apricots and no woman goes a week without a manicure.As Maia and her children, Bronte and Harley, try to settle into their new life, Maia is inadvertently drawn to the one man who can help her family fit in. But is his interest in her purely professional? And will it win her any favours at the school gate?A hilarious, straight-talking read for anyone who's ever despaired at the politics of the school run.“Such a funny, feel-good read, a clever riff on the Cinderella story with terrific authentic characters, especially feisty Maia who wouldn't let school gate snobbery keep her down.”Jane Lythell, author of ‘The Lie of You’“So witty and fun.” Lucy Atkins author of ‘The Missing One’“I laughed out loud…a well written, witty reminder that money cannot buy self-worth and confidence.” Novelicious“The plot was great, the writing was brilliant, the characters adorable.” Kim the Bookworm“Kerry’s writing style made it effortless to read and I got pulled in from the first page. I loved this book.” Novel KicksKerry was brought up in Peterborough. She now lives in Surrey with a very tolerant husband and two children. She studied at Bath University and speaks fluent Italian, Spanish and French. She also trained as a journalist at City University, then went on to write travel guidebooks for Thomas Cook.After landing her dream job working on women’s magazines, she discovered that she hated writing about real people in case their families got upset.The Writers’ Program at the University of California helped her move from fact into fiction – the perfect forum for exploring human emotions without worrying about some poor mother weeping over her son’s account of his childhood.• The School Gate Survival Guide is a brilliantly astute novel about mothers at the school gate – pithy women’s fiction with a humorous focus on topical issues.• The School Gate Survival Guide is a well-timed, commercial follow-on from Gill Hornby’s The Hive.• The politics of mothers at the school gates has been touted as the next big thing in publishing after 50 Shades of Grey.• Kerry is an exciting new voice on the women’s fiction scene. Bringing an insight and humour to the problems that life throws at us all, her books speak to women with families from every walk of life.• Kerry is an ex-journalist and a former savvy self-publisher who is well-versed in marketing, making her a great asset when it comes to publicising her novels. She blogs, tweets and is a keen self-publicist already, regularly speaking to reading groups.• The ebook will publish a month early, building sales and excitement ahead of paperback publication.• We aim to establish Kerry as the author for the Mumsnet market – whilst her books don’t focus on the trials and tribulations of bringing up children, she provides perceptive insight into the issues affecting 30+ women with families. She’s a voice for women on the home front – so to speak.All bookshop, independent and library sales to Gardners Books and Bertrams.www.gardners.comwww.bertrams.comwww.harpercollins.co.uk/avonCompetition: Why Mummy Drinks, Surprise Me, Unmumsy Mum. Fiona Neill, Gill Hornby, Christie Barlow, Sophie Kinsella, Sue Watson
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