Weekend Friends

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For girls, middle school is practically The Hunger Gamesfor their mothers, it can be even worse.

Food photographer, Rebecca, and her tween daughter, Willow, move from Alaska to Boca Raton, leaving behind their terrible secret about the death of Rebeccas husband. Theyre ready to start anew in the warmth of the sunshine state, hoping it will help vanquish Willows night terrors.

As her daughter becomes controlled and bullied by the popular group, Rebecca is drawn closer to the charismatic head of school, Mr. Brady. A hot and steamythough uncertainrelationship begins. Soon, lies, deception, and secrets cause everything to spiral out of control and both mother and daughter find themselves on the wrong side of their gated community with devastating repercussions.

Full of dark twists and turns, Weekend Friends makes you grateful youre no longer a tweenor the parent of one.

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Ellwood-Clayton explores the uneasy path of modern parenting, adolescent angst, and the vast consequences of seemingly small choices, where a parents best intentions are fraught with dangerand potentially deadly consequences.Weekend Friendsis a deeply emotional tale that will make you laugh, cry, gasp, and ultimately leave you haunted with questions that have no easy answers. -- Annette Lyon,USA Todaybestselling author ofJust One More
A razor-sharp read about the social pressures mothers and daughters face in their respective cliques and how those worlds can collide when more than one person has a secret. -- Georgina Cross, bestselling author, Nanny Needed, The Stepdaughter, One Night
Dark, enticing, and an incredibly poignant delve into modern motherhood. -- L.C. North, author ofThe Ugly Truth

Author Bio

Dr. Bella Ellwood-Claytonis an award-winning author. She has a BA from Concordia University in Montral and a PhD from the University of Melbourne in sexual anthropologyand, yes, that makes for interesting dinner party conversations. Her nonfiction book,Sex Drive: In Pursuit of Female Desire, was published by Allen & Unwin in 2012. Bella has published short stories, poetry, and written for publications such asHuffington PostandDaily Life. She frequently appears on TV and gives talks, including a TEDx talk, about relationships. Her work has been featured in a National Geographic documentary. Married, she is a mom of two spirited tweens and a mini Maltese who truly believes hes a pit bull.