Wives Like Us: The perfect holiday read

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'Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque' Sunday Times Style

Readers love Wives Like Us...
'I devoured this in one day' *****
'Gloriously good fun' *****
'Absolutely delightful' *****

No one knows better than Ian Palmer Executive Butler that social position is everything in the rose-strewn Cotswolds.

So when his boss, Tata Hawkins, flounces out of her (new-build) manor house after a row with husband Bryan, Ian is alarmed: for one thing, if Tata is on the social slide downwards, that means he is too; for another, hes lost his home and has nowhere to store his prized collection of vintage Gucci loafers; even worse, a vacuum among the Country Princess set has opened up for a new Queen Bee.

With the old-money Pennybacker-Hoare sisters plotting to rid their county of Tata and her ilk, a bikini influencer on the prowl for a husband just like Mr. Hawkins, a glamorous American divorcee threatening to steal Tata's crown, and the heiress-next-door threatening to steal Ian, the Cotswolds are in chaos.

Can Ian restore Tatas country crown and reinstate her to the comforts of the Manor

A forensically well-observed narrative . . . a shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich. The Times

It may finally be time for Jilly [Cooper] to make way for a new chronicler of Cotswolds life.' Daily Mail

Reviews

Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque * Sunday Times Style *
The brilliantly satirical new novel that's got the Cotswolds smart set buzzing with speculation ... it may be finally time for Jilly [Cooper] to make way for a new chronicler of Cotswolds life. * Daily Mail *
A forensically well-observed narrative ... will it do for the Cotswolds what F Scott Fitzgerald did for the Hamptons ... a shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich. * The Times *
A stiletto-sharp look at the glamorous end of the Cotswolds. I loved it! -- Katie Fforde
A fabulous and funny bucolic romp - Plum Sykes does it again. -- Hannah Rothschild, author of The Improbability of Love
Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime In a word, yes. Plum Sykes is in a class of her own when it comes to peeling back the layers of status paranoia amongst the poshest of the posh as she delivers a delectable tale that you never want to end. I would risk all the lamps in my house to read stand-alone novels about every single character in this book! -- Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians
Wives Like Us may be set in the most gorgeous English manor house, but I'd happily sleep in the shed if it meant I could tag along with these marvelous characters - Tata, Minty, and their chic and crafty butler. -- Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street
Delightful * Vogue *
I adored Wives Like Us, I thought it was so fun and funny, a romp and a riot - and a glorious dollop of much needed escapism. -- Daisy Buchanan
A riotous romp ... Her unique blend of shrewd social commentary and knowing humour, with a dash of what she calls 'affectionate satire', is reminiscent of Nancy Mitford, PG Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh. * The Lady *
A comedy of manners with an emphasis on the comedy ... In Sykes's skilled and observant hands, however, madcap fare is always more than just a good time, it's a nuanced look inside a specific world, where even the most humorous happenings can tell us something meaningful about the decidedly less glamorous lives we mere readers live. * Town & Country *
Wickedly funny * Citizen Femme *
Hotly-anticipated * Mail Online *
An amusing flight of fancy ... Wives Like Us is more Sex and the City - or Sex and the Shires - than The Code of the Woosters. It mocks its subjects while glamorising them. The book is also something of a roman clef. * The Spectator *
The best-accessorised novel of the season. * Saga *
Fabulously glamorous and gossipy. -- Louise Roe, Sheerluxe
It's stuffed with fascinating characters wearing fabulous clothes. I loved it. * Daily Mail *
A riotous, delightful read. * Woman's Own *

Author Bio

Plum Sykes was born in London and educated at Oxford. She is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Bergdorf Blondes, The Debutante Divorce, and Party Girls Die in Pearls. She is a contributing editor at American Vogue and writes P.S. by Plum Sykes on Substack. She lives in the English countryside with her daughters.