All The Other Mothers Hate Me

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'SPIKY, WITTY, A BREATH OF FRESH AIR' PANDORA SYKES'AN ABSOLUTELY WILD RIDE: IMAGINE IF THE WRITERS OF MOTHERLAND TRIED THEIR HANDS AT A MISSING PERSON MYSTERY INDEPENDENT

A SUNDAY TIMES STYLE 'HOTTEST NEW READ FOR 2025'

A STYLIST 'MUST-READ BOOK THAT WILL BE MASSIVE THIS YEAR'

AN INDEPENDENT 'BEST BOOK TO READ IN 2025'

A SERVICE95 'MUST-READ BOOK FOR 2025'

Florence knows all about failure. After a dismal end to her 2000s girlband career, shes moping around West London, single, broke and unfulfilled. The only things shes proud of are her increasingly elaborate nail art choices and her ten-year-old son, Dylan.

But when Alfie Risby, Dylan's bitter class rival and the child heir to a frozen foods empire, mysteriously vanishes on a school trip, Dylan becomes a prime suspect. Florence has to get her act together, find the missing boy and clear her sons name or risk losing him forever. The only problem She doesnt have any detective skills, shes not exactly popular at the school gates and shes just found Alfies backpack hidden under Dylans bed

All the Other Mothers Hate Me is an irresistibly witty novel about fitting in, starting over and the lengths well go to for the people we love.

'THE MOST FUN I'VE HAD READING FOR AGES' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE

What readers are saying

The hype is SO deserved!

Very funny. I didnt want it to end!

Kept me hooked

Funny and poignant

You cant predict where this is going!

Reviews

'An absolutely wild ride: imagine if the writers of Motherland tried their hands at a missing person mystery Independent

'Spiky, witty and a breath of fresh air Pandora Sykes

'The most fun I've had reading for ages' Kiran Millwood Hargrave

'I was laughing one moment and gripped with tension the next.' Emily Edwards

'I couldn't put it down' Vogue Williams

'Gets better with every page, makes you laugh out loud, keeps you up late at night and is full of heart and surprise' Katy Hays

'The witty debut you won't be able to put down' Service 95

I was gripped at every twist and turn. Harmans prose somersaults off the page.' Jodie Harsh

Gossipy, gripping and brilliantly written, with a protagonist who toes a daring line between relatable and reprehensible. Lauren Bravo

Biting, an utter delight. You wont see the twist coming. Jessica Knoll, author of Luckiest Girl Alive

A fabulously imperfect heroine, beautifully irreverent humour, and a plot that sinks its teeth in. Fran Littlewood

As bitter, sharp, and fun as the perfect Negroni. Eve Kellman, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

'A rollicking good story from an immaculate prose stylist. Sarah Harman is a true original' Emma Forrest

'Brilliantly written, hilarious and so gripping.' Lucy Barker

Sharply-written, brilliantly observed and very, very funny. Kate Maxwell

'A potent mix of mystery, laugh out loud humour, and one of the most indelibly matchless protagonists ever.' Liv Constantine

Fast, funny, riotously irreverent Melanie Cantor

'An absolute riot with a razor sharp sense of humor and unyielding suspense' Rachel Koller Croft

Unpredictable and sparkling with warmth and wit. A rollercoaster of a mystery unravelled by a truly unique heroine Cressida McLaughlin

A sharply insightful page-turner. Infectiously relatable' Kimberly McCreight

'Delicious, wicked, darkly funny, a wild ride' Sash Bischoff

'Hilarious, poignant, relatable. Goes from laugh-out-loud to heartbreaking while never losing the fast-paced plot.' Hank Phillippi Ryan

Author Bio

Sarah Harman is a recovering journalist living in London. She has over a decade of experience reporting on major breaking news around the world, most recently as a foreign correspondent for NBC News, where she reported from five continents for Today, MSNBC and Nightly News. Prior to that she anchored a rolling news broadcast for Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. All the Other Mothers Hate Me won the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2023.