From the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime 'I loved it so SO much! Funnier than ever' Marian Keyes _______________________________________ Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by circumstance (a job at a haberdashery in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by character (neither inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship. This is story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination. _______________________________________ 'A lovingly observed testament to the complexities and profundities of female friendship' Elizabeth Day 'Nina Stibbe is one of our funniest novelists' Daily Telegraph 'Nina Stibbe is not just very funny but absolutely life-affirming' Jenny Colgan 'Her best yet' Kathy Burke As with all Stibbe's writing there is a pleasingly perfect balance of wisdom with jokes' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Nina Stibbe is not just very funny but absolutely life-affirming' Jenny Colgan 'For beautifully funny and well-observed comic writing, Nina Stibbe is your go-to author. In her latest release, a tale of lifelong friendship between Susan and Norma, she explores the mistakes, rivalries and love we all experience in life' Stylist 'One of the great comic writers of our time'Irish Times