Mutton
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141970592
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240

Mutton

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2 Jan 2013
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21 Aug 2013
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Housecoat or hottie? Spike heels or slippers? Mum or MUTTON? Time will tell.

What's a woman to do when she wakes up one morning and finds her looks seem to have vanished overnight? When she saunters past building sites, and whistles come there none? When she catches the eye of a nice young man and is rewarded with the kind, patient smile people give their grannies?

These questions trouble Clara Hutt as she strides, or tries to, towards her fiftieth birthday. Her husband adores her and her children think her wrinkles are characterful - but her dissatisfaction persists. Perhaps a new wardrobe? And perhaps a little Botox. A little filler. A little nip, a little tuck . . . but where do you draw the line? And what happens if, having reinvented yourself, you feel a new life beckoning?

A hilarious, heartfelt exploration of women's relationship with their looks, India Knight's fourth novel will strike a chord with anyone who's ever held up a dress in a changing room, asked 'Is it too young? . . . and bought it anyway.
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141970592
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 240
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About the author

India Knight

India Knight was born in 1965. She lives in London with her two children. She is the author of two novels, My Life on a Plate and Don't You Want Me? plus with Neris Thomas, Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet; an invaluable guide to losing weight and feeling great. All of the above are published by Penguin.

Also by India Knight

India Knight's Beauty Edit
Darling
The Goodness of Dogs
In Your Prime
My Life On a Plate
Don't You Want Me?
Comfort and Joy
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Praise for Mutton

Every so often you will hit a line so funny and true it will make you gasp out loud . . . sharp and bracing as a Claridges martini

Jenny Colgan, Telegraph

The funniest novel about the female midlife crisis

The Times

Had me choking with laughter . . . Knight has pulled off a clever trick here. With humour and wit, she's addressed the serious subject of how to swallow the bitter pill of ageing not necessarily gracefully

Evening Standard

The glorious fourth novel from Sunday Times columnist India Knight . . . An honest, funny book about the complexities of middle age and a reminder that life is for living, with passion and gusto, whatever your age

Hello!

A very funny exploration of ageing written with the author's trademark wit

Sunday Mirror