* 'Hilariously accurate. The funniest novel about the female mid-life crisis' The Times *

Clara Hutt is forty-six years old and in pretty good nick considering. She has kick-ass underwear a large and loving family and a healthy sense of what matters in life. Until Gaby moves in.

Gaby's an old school friend of Clara's who has just returned from LA. She may be a yoga mogul who lives off kale and speaks a made-up fantasy novel language but Gaby's no stranger to cosmetic surgery: she's almost fifty but looks thirty-six at most.

What with Gaby and Clara's son's leggy girlfriend Sky wafting around the house in her stripy pants Clara starts to wonder if a little Botox a little filler a nip and a tuck would be so very wrong. Should she ignore the fear? Or is there another way to grow old gracefully - and how far is she prepared to go to find out?

'Had me reaching for the hankie as I wept with laughter from start to finish' Evening Standard

'A brilliant mix of humour and heart . . . offers a witty take on the ageing process delivered in Knight's usual pithy thought-provoking style' Grazia

'Tear-inducingly funny . . . we love this story' Closer

'Gleeful. A frank and funny novel of Harley Street makeovers and matronly madness' Independent

India Knight is the author of three previous novels: My Life on a Plate Don't You Want Me and Comfort and Joy. Her non-fiction books include The Shops the bestselling diet book Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet the accompanying bestselling cookbook Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook and The Thrift Book. India is a columnist for the Sunday Times and lives in London with her three children.