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'SPIKY, WITTY' PANDORA SYKES 'FUNNY, PACY’ GUARDIAN 'CHAOTIC, SNARKY, VERY FUNNY' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'AN ABSOLUTELY WILD RIDE' INDEPENDENT A 'HOTTEST, MUST-READ NEW BOOK FOR 2025' IN SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, INDEPENDENT AND SERVICE95 Maybe having a few enemies on the school run means you're doing something right… Florence knows all about failure. After a dismal end to her 2000s girlband career, she’s moping around West London, single, broke and unfulfilled. The only things she’s proud of are her increasingly elaborate nail art choices – and her ten-year-old son, Dylan. But when Alfie Risby, Dylan's bitter class rival and the child heir to a frozen foods empire, mysteriously vanishes on a school trip, Dylan becomes a prime suspect. Florence has to get her act together, find the missing boy and clear her son’s name or risk losing him forever. The only problem? She doesn’t have any detective skills, she’s not exactly popular at the school gates and she’s just found Alfie’s backpack hidden under Dylan’s bed… All the Other Mothers Hate Me is an irresistibly witty novel about fitting in, starting over and the lengths we’ll go to for the people we love. What readers are saying… ‘The hype is SO deserved!’ ‘Very funny. I didn’t want it to end!’ ‘Kept me hooked’ ‘Funny and poignant’ ‘You can’t predict where this is going!’

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'Spiky, witty and a breath of fresh air’ Pandora Sykes 'I was laughing one moment and gripped with tension the next. Florence is a brilliantly flawed heroine.' Emily Edwards, author of The Herd 'I couldn't put it down' Vogue Williams 'Gets better with every page, makes you laugh out loud, keeps you up late at night and is full of heart and surprise' Katy Hays 'The witty debut you won't be able to put down' Service 95 ‘I was gripped at every twist and turn. Harman’s prose somersaults off the page.' Jodie Harsh ‘Gossipy, gripping and brilliantly written, with a protagonist who toes a daring line between relatable and reprehensible.’ Lauren Bravo ‘Biting, an utter delight. You won’t see the twist coming.’ Jessica Knoll, author of Luckiest Girl Alive ‘A fabulously imperfect heroine, beautifully irreverent humour, and a plot that sinks its teeth in.’ Fran Littlewood ‘As bitter, sharp, and fun as the perfect Negroni.’ Eve Kellman, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways 'A rollicking good story from an immaculate prose stylist. Sarah Harman is a true original' Emma Forrest 'Brilliantly written, hilarious and so gripping.' Lucy Barker ‘Sharply-written, brilliantly observed and very, very funny.’ Kate Maxwell 'A potent mix of mystery, laugh out loud humour, and one of the most indelibly matchless protagonists ever.' Liv Constantine, author of The Last Mrs Parrish ‘Fast, funny, riotously irreverent’ Melanie Cantor 'An absolute riot with a razor sharp sense of humor and unyielding suspense' Rachel Koller Croft ‘Unpredictable, fiercely funny and sparkling with warmth and wit. A rollercoaster of a mystery unravelled by a truly unique heroine’ Cressida McLaughlin “A sharply insightful page-turner. Infectiously relatable' Kimberly McCreight 'Delicious, wicked, darkly funny, a wild ride' Sash Bischoff 'Hilarious, poignant, relatable. Goes from laugh-out-loud to utterly heartbreaking while never losing the fast-paced plot.​' Hank Phillippi Ryan

‘I raced through this. Gossipy, gripping and brilliantly written, with a protagonist who toes a daring line between relatable and reprehensible. I predict hype!’ Lauren Bravo, author of Possibly Nothing ‘Come for the *world-class* title! Stay for a fabulously imperfect heroine, beautifully irreverent humour, and a plot that sinks its teeth in. All the other mothers might hate Florence, but I loved her!’ Fran Littlewood, author of Amazing Grace Adams 'Spiky, witty and a breath of fresh air in the canon of books about motherhood. I can see it on screen already’ Pandora Sykes 'An absolute riot with a razor sharp sense of humor and unyielding suspense' Rachel Koller Croft, author of Stone Cold Fox

‘I raced through this. Gossipy, gripping and brilliantly written, with a protagonist who toes a daring line between relatable and reprehensible. I predict hype!’ Lauren Bravo, author of Possibly Nothing 'Spiky, witty and a breath of fresh air in the canon of books about motherhood. I can see it on screen already’ Pandora Sykes ‘Biting, twisty, an utter delight. You won’t see the twist coming, not from a mile away.’ Jessica Knoll, author of Luckiest Girl Alive 'A potent mix of mystery, laugh out loud humor, and one of the most indelibly matchless protagonists ever: an unreliable party girl who will go to any lengths to protect her son. Put this at the top of your to be read list!” Liv Constantine, author of The Last Mrs Parrish ‘Come for the *world-class* title! Stay for a fabulously imperfect heroine, beautifully irreverent humour, and a plot that sinks its teeth in. All the other mothers might hate Florence, but I loved her!’ Fran Littlewood, author of Amazing Grace Adams ‘Fast, funny, riotously irreverent’ Melanie Cantor, author of The F**k It! List 'An absolute riot with a razor sharp sense of humor and unyielding suspense' Rachel Koller Croft, author of Stone Cold Fox “A sharply insightful page-turner, infectiously relatable and utterly human' Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Like Mother, Like Daughter 'Delicious, wicked, darkly funny, a wild ride' Sash Bischoff, author of Sweet Fury

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Sarah Harman is a recovering journalist living in London. She has over a decade of experience reporting on major breaking news around the world, most recently as a foreign correspondent for NBC News, where she reported from five continents for Today, MSNBC and Nightly News. Prior to that she anchored a rolling news broadcast for Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. All the Other Mothers Hate Me won the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2023.

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