The Playground Mafia

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A fantastic commercial concept, this is one of Arrow's most exciting women's fiction launches in 2006 Meet Caroline Gray- divorcee and newly-single mother. Firmly closing the door on her acrimonious divorce, Caroline and son Ben have moved to trendy Frencham where they join Caroline's long-time best friends, Heather and Eva. Settling into their new life is easy, but nothing has prepared Caroline for the demands of motherhood at The Sycamore, the school the trio's beloved offspring attend. Forget classroom bullies, forget trips to the head's office, this is full-scale adult playground politics. This is battle with the mothers who won't take no for an answer -- the Playground Mafia. Amidst the four-wheel drives, Ben's complicated afterschool play-date schedule and her friends' perilous extra-marital affairs, Caroline tries to keep a low and very single profile. But it's not long before she too finds herself under the mafia's scandal-radar, and her life takes an unexpected turn ...

Reviews

Scandal, backstabbing, illicit affairs...a fab, girlie read! * New Woman *
Mums will be able to see the truth behind this fun novel * In The Know *
A real laugh-out-loud tale * OK! Magazine *
An entertaining insight into school politics. You'll laugh and cringe at how cliquey and competitive mums can be. * Babyexpert.com *

Author Bio

An award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Sarah Tucker was a presenter on the BBC1 Holiday programme and anchored I Want That House Revisited on ITV1. She regularly contributes to women's magazines, the Sunday Times Travel Magazine and the Guardian. Sarah Tucker is the author of The Playground Mafia, The Battle for Big School, School's Out, The Control Freak Chronicles and three romantic comedies published by Harlequin.