Mutton

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The fourth novel from India Knight is a hilarious, heartfelt exploration of women's relationship with their looks Clara Hutt is forty-six years old, and in pretty good nick, considering. She has kick-ass underwear, a large and loving family, and a healthy sense of what matters in life. Until Gaby moves in. Gaby's an old school friend of Clara's who has just returned from LA. She may be a yoga mogul who lives off kale, and speaks a made-up fantasy novel language, but Gaby's no stranger to cosmetic surgery- she's almost fifty, but looks thirty-six at most. What with Gaby, and Clara's son's leggy girlfriend, Sky, wafting around the house in her stripy pants, Clara starts to wonder if a little Botox, a little filler, a nip and a tuck, would be so very wrong. Should she ignore the fear Or is there another way to grow old gracefully - and how far is she prepared to go to find out

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Every so often you will hit a line so funny and true it will make you gasp out loud . . . sharp and bracing as a Claridges martini -- Jenny Colgan * Daily Telegraph *
Had me choking with laughter . . . Knight has pulled off a clever trick here. With humour and wit, she's addressed the serious subject of how to swallow the bitter pill of ageing not necessarily gracefully * Evening Standard *
The glorious fourth novel from Sunday Times columnist India Knight . . . An honest, funny book about the complexities of middle age and a reminder that life is for living, with passion and gusto, whatever your age * Hello! *
A very funny exploration of ageing written with the author's trademark wit * Sunday Mirror *
The funniest novel about the female midlife crisis * The Times *
Breathless, colourful, hilarious and honest * Daily Mail *

Author Bio

India Knight is the author of three previous novels- My Life on a Plate, Don't You Want Me and Comfort and Joy. Her non-fiction books include The Shops, the bestselling diet book Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet, the accompanying bestselling cookbook Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook and The Thrift Book. India is a columnist for the Sunday Times and lives in London with her three children.