Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel.

Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling.
Helena is the toast of Broadway.
Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'.

When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where.

As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan.

Julie Walter's dark and very funny first novel is as assured as her celebrated work for stage, television and the cinema. It is a brilliant debut.

About the Author
Julie Walters was nominated for an Oscar for EDUCATING RITA, having made the part her own on stage, and starred in BILLY ELLIOT. She played Mrs Weasley in the HARRY POTTER films, and co-starred with Helen Mirren in CALENDAR GIRLS. Versatile enough to appear both as Mrs Overall in her friend Victoria Wood's ACORN ANTIQUES as well as the Wife of Bath in the BBC's modernised adaptation of THE CANTERBURY TALES, she is 'arguably the nation's best-loved actress' (SUNDAY TIMES). She is the author of MAGGIE'S TREE, a novel, and THAT'S ANOTHER STORY, her bestselling autobiography.

Reviews
Walter's fiction debut is as funny as you'd expect, and twice as frenetic. * THE INDEPENDENT *
Ms Walters is a gifted writer who entrances with a moving and darkly comic story * PETERBOROUGH EVENING TELEGRAPH *



Book Information
ISBN 9781474614610
Author Julie Walters
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 220g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 24mm