How Do You Like Me Now?
Genre
Women's FictionUK Publication
Hachette / Hodder & Stoughton, June 2018US Publication
Rights AvailableFilm & TV
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Blurb
‘Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on.’
Who the f*ck is Tori Bailey?
There’s no doubt that Tori is winning the game of life. A straight-talking, bestselling author, she’s inspired millions of women around the world with her self-help memoir. And she has the perfect relationship to boot.
But Tori Bailey has been living a lie.
Her long-term boyfriend won’t even talk about marriage, but everyone around her is getting engaged and having babies. And when her best friend Dee – her plus one, the only person who understands the madness – falls in love, suddenly Tori’s in terrifying danger of being left behind.
When the world tells you to be one thing and turning thirty brings with it a loud ticking clock, it takes courage to walk your own path.
It’s time for Tori to practice what she’s preached, but the question is: is she brave enough?
Press and Reviews
“A very funny novel that lives up to its hype”
– The Daily Mail
“A Bridget Jones for millennials… injected with such reality it can’t help but be hilarious…If you want to know what it feels like to be a…”
– The Times
“Bourne has written a truly sparkling portrayal of a best friendship here…[she] has a native eye for millennial angst…truly a f***ing good novel.”
– Evening Standard
“This book is so good, and so honest about being a woman.”
– Marian Keyes
“Authentic, funny and utterly relatable; this book gave me all of the feelings. This generation's Bridget Jones!”
– Carmel Harrington
“A smart, witty and perceptive novel; Bourne is razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception”
– Lucy Diamond
“Mordantly funny, flinchingly well-observed… A smart, zeitgeisty, and caustically funny read, it has characters you root for. More than that, however, Bourne holds a mirror up…”
– The Sunday Times
