Alison Penton Harper Libri

From the author of the hilarious Housewife Down and Housewife Up I've left you a list on my desk,' Rick said . . . The house fell silent and I wandered into the study to collect my instructions. There was only one scrawled piece of paper on the desk so there was no mistaking the single command. It organize Christmas. Helen is finally finding her feet just in time for the looming festive season. Surrounded by family, friends and the finer things in life, Helen's generous offer to organize Christmas for the neurotic Leoni soon snowballs into an unmanageable avalanche of tasks when her chaotic boss dumps his seasonal arrangements on her too. And with Julia heading towards a mind-boggling midlife crisis of her own, it looks as though Helen is well and truly stuffed! And so it begins, the season of good grief to all women . . . Praise for Alison Penton 'Laugh-a-minute, frothy fun' Sunday Express

The sequel to the hilarious Housewife Down "Heaven save us from ourselves. And if you can't manage that, I'd settle for saving me from me. Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water, here I am again, drowning for all to see. Not waving, as the troubled swimmer once famously said. I busied myself with any household task I could find . . ." Recently widowed but putting a brave face on it all (thanks to a not insignificant windfall) Helen's only problem, it seems, is the imminent arrival of her fortieth birthday. Not something she can possibly avoid, ignore or sulk about not with friends like Leoni and sisters like Julia around . . . And there is much to celebrate. A beautiful new flat, gorgeous hospitable neighbours and a delicious sense of freedom that only money can buy. Until, that is, money becomes the one big fat problem in Helen's life and she becomes part of the unwilling army of the employed. But it is no ordinary job that Helen is qualified for, in fact she is qualified for precious little, which leads to her first ever encounter with 'the boss from hell' . . .

Chick Lit. At long last, love is in the air, sending Helen Robbins into a flat spin while she grapples with the prospect of starting over (and whether or not she's too old to have sex in an aeroplane). Does she really want a relationship? Moreover, does she really want a relationship with a man like Rick? While she wrestles with the million dollar question, her sister Julia blindly prepares to face the onslaught of motherhood for the first time at 43, prompting neurotic Leoni to warn her that parenthood isn't all it's cracked up to be.