THEY'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. OR SO THEY SAY...

'Brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary' Jacqueline Wilson
'It will resonate for all women, and it's so much fun' Marian Keyes
'Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood' Gillian McAllister
'Compelling, thought-provoking, unputdownable' Sarah Turner (The Unmumsy Mum)
'Universally empowering' Kate Sawyer

An intense heatwave. A high-stakes baby shower. Will it all end in tears?

Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions - but when Charlotte organises the baby shower of hell for pregnant Nicki, the girls are reunited.

Under a sweltering hot summer day, tensions rise - and by the end of the evening, nothing will ever be the same. Someone started a fire at the house - and everyone's a suspect...

Is it Steffi, happily child-free but feeling judged by her friends? Is it Charlotte, desperate to conceive and jealous of those who have? Is it Lauren, who is finding motherhood far, far worse than she imagined? Or is it Nicki herself, who never wanted a baby shower anyway?

In the aftermath, the police put together the facts - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.

BIG LITTLE LIES meets EXPECTATION in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman in your life.

About the Author

Holly started her writing career as a news journalist, where she was nominated for Best Print Journalist of the Year. She then spent six years working as an editor, a relationship advisor, and general 'agony aunt' for a youth charity - helping young people with their relationships and mental health. Inspired by what she saw, she started writing teen fiction, including the best-selling, award-winning 'Spinster Club' series which helps educate teenagers about feminism. When she turned thirty, Holly wrote her first adult novel, examining the intensified pressures on women once they hit that landmark. Since then she has written several novels for Hodder and Stoughton, all focusing particularly on women and the issues they face in modern society.
Alongside her writing, Holly has a keen interest in women's rights and is an advocate for reducing the stigma of mental health problems. She's helped create online apps that teach young people about sexual consent, works with Women's Aid to spread awareness of abusive relationships, and runs Rethink's mental health book club.

Reviews
I raced through SO THRILLED FOR YOU. I think it's brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary. (And oh, dear God, it brought back so many memories!) -- Jacqueline Wilson
I enjoyed it so, SO MUCH. I was utterly GRIPPED. So many unexpected but wholly believable twists and turns. I think it will resonate for all women. Yet it's so much fun -- Marian Keyes
I loved it. Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood, and the vast love and limits it imposes on women. It will be huge -- Gillian McAllister
This dark and intoxicating portrayal of female friendship cleverly captures how the choices we make as women threaten to divide us. Compelling, thought provoking and unputdownable - I absolutely loved it -- Sarah Turner (@TheUnmumsyMum)
Bourne's propulsive plot pulls her readers through an emotionally charged day whilst exploring the tenderest, most shameful and funny aspects of the divisive experiences of motherhood, almost motherhood and being child-free by choice, culminating in an explosive, but ultimately universally empowering, denouement -- Kate Sawyer
What an excellent, acid-sharp read Holly's book is -- Jenny Colgan
Reading So Thrilled For You I found myself pulled into an all too familiar landscape where the pressures on women - mothers and non-mothers like - were so visceral and acute I had to close the book to gasp at times. A hearty congratulations and a high five to Holly! -- Emily Edwards
The best book I've ever read. Raw, relatable, riveting. Holly Bourne is the best contemporary novelist out there, bar none. This book is going to be a national, if not global, talking point -- Laura Jane Williams
Captivating, brilliantly smart and heartbreakingly true. Holly has perfectly captured the underbelly of female friendship - the part that we aren't allowed to talk about. Every woman will feel seen in the pages of this book and I couldn't adore it more! -- Michelle Elman
Holy HELL, this was incredible. Explosively entertaining and compulsively plotted but so sensitive, so nuanced and so, so needed. It does beautiful justice to life on all sides of the baby divide, and treats every character's perspective with such tenderness - but there's a blazing political fire at its heart. At times it felt like the postnatal therapy I can't afford . . . -- Lauren Bravo
Wow! Totally savage and wickedly funny -- Heather Darwent
A hilarious, dark, raw and honest expose of early motherhood and friendship by Holly Bourne - her first adult thriller and it is a corker! -- Jo Callaghan
SO THRILLED FOR YOU is a wildly entertaining gut-punch of a novel, featuring a superbly drawn cast of raw, relatable women. Guaranteed to get people talking. Once you pick it up, you won't put it down! -- Caz Frear
Unflinchingly honest but also eminently relatable and unputdownable - a brilliant story set around female friendships and motherhood, and so much more. Loved it -- Catherine Cooper
An unflinching, pulse-quickening account of friendship and motherhood. The most compulsive book I've read in a long time. I've never seen motherhood written so accurately on the page. Holly continues to be the voice of a generation -- Abigail Mann
A wild ride of a novel - it will grip you from the very first page. A moving, pacy exploration of female friendship and motherhood that's not to be missed -- Libby Page



Book Information
ISBN 9781529301632
Author Holly Bourne
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint Hodder & Stoughton
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton