The Single Mum's Wish List

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A fizzingly fresh and exciting new voice in fiction- this is an addictive, sharp and hilarious debut about one single mother's attempts to start over after her marriage falls apart. -------------------------- 'One of the freshest, funniest, most exciting new voices I've read for a long time' JANE FALLON 'Fresh and funny and REAL ... Martha really spoke to me. She will steal everyone's heart!' VERONICA HENRY 'Beautifully written and emotionally intelligent. I rooted for Martha from the start.' Daily Mail Meet Martha Ross. She dreams of being a singer, but she's been working in a call centre for far too long. She's separating from her husband, the father of her son. And she's moving back home to her parents' as a single mum, toddler in tow. Life has thrown her a few lemons . . . but Martha intends to make a gin and tonic. It's time to become the woman she's always wanted to be. And at least her mum's on hand to provide childcare - and ample motherly judgement, of course. Soon Martha realises that in order to find lasting love and fulfilment, she needs to find herself first . . . But her attempts at reinvention - from writing a definitive wish list of everything she wants in a new man, to half-marathons, business plans and meditation retreats - tend to go awry in the most surprising of ways . . . A warm, vibrant and painfully funny novel for fans of Why Mummy Drinks, Fiona Gibson and Lucy Vine. *Also published as The Reinvention of Martha Ross*

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What fabulous, confident writing! One of the freshest, funniest, most exciting new voices I've read for a long time. * Jane Fallon *
Beautifully written and emotionally intelligent. I rooted for Martha from the start. * Sara Lawrence, Daily Mail *
Fresh and funny and REAL ... Martha really spoke to me. She will steal everyone's heart! * Veronica Henry *
Very funny and delightfully relatable - this was a real treat. * Trisha Ashley *
[A] warm and insightful debut with a clever, funny and totally relatable heroine. * S magazine, Sunday Express *

Author Bio

Born and raised in London and now living in Brighton with her five-year-old son, Charlene Allcott works part-time with young people in a residential care home. She writes a parenting blog at http-//www.moderatemum.co.uk/. THE SINGLE MUM'S WISH LIST is her first novel.