This is set in the scary world of social media, when 40-something divorcee Iris realises that Maddy, the woman her husband deserted her for, has a 'happy families' account on Instagram. I liked the plot, it felt very current, with strong themes of online bullying, stalking and harassment, I did find it very thought provoking.

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For a thoughtful and clever takedown of influencer culture and simply a damn good and gripping read, Over Sharing gets all my likes.It was an easy read but just didn’t really have anything about it that gripped me or made me want to keep picking it up to read it. In the video is Maddy, the woman Tom left her for, only in the video, it’s clearly a blog about Maddy’s family life, and Tom is not her husband. On the plus: strong female characters, humour, realism related to influencer issues/status in society. She lives in North London with her partner of 40 years, the comedian and actor Ricky Gervais (and their cat Pickle, plus the fox family who’ve taken up residence in their garden.

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Since the 62-year-old started writing fiction 16 years ago, she has nailed one hot-button topic after another: revenge in her debut, Getting Rid of Matthew, trolling in Worst Idea Ever, catfishing in Just Got Real and now Instagram perfection in her new novel Over Sharing. This only makes Iris more determined to follow and find out, so she follows Lee as he takes the girls to a soft play centre. Jane Fallon's whip-smart new novel explores the murky truths behind the versions of ourselves we project online, the lengths we go to when we feel we've been wronged, and the often unlikely places we find true friendship.How would one feel if one had been wronged by another and that other had now carved a successful career for themselves on a lie? I asked my friends to clean my house instead of throwing me a baby shower - every mother-to-be should have a nesting party! This piece shows normal life, how online addictions almost can develop but also the dangers in a way of sharing just so much of your life online. When you’re older you have more issues to deal with: kids, work, relationships breaking up, people starting new lives. Kate Middleton entertains children with maracas during a music session as she visits a parenting group for.

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Her Sunday Times bestselling books - Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back, Foursome, The Ugly Sister, Skeletons, Strictly Between Us, My Sweet Revenge, Faking Friends, Tell Me a Secret, Queen Bee, Worst Idea Ever, Just Got Real and Over Sharing - have sold over a million copies in the UK. After waiting for them to come out, when they do seemingly all happy, back they go again where Lee drops the girls off with Maddy and has the door slammed behind him. Her mum is going to be living in a village by herself after her best friend tells her she is moving out, so she invites her mum to the Thames for the weekend to show her how nice the place is, and hopefully look for some houses or flats where her mum could move to, being closer, Iris could visit her here. Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece is spotted looking glum amid split from 'Britain's most eligible bachelor'. The Crown recreates one of the last ever photos of Princess Diana on Mohamed Al-Fayed's yacht just a week.I listened to this on audio and actually devoured it in a day - I laughed out loud more times than I can count and just didn’t want to put it down for a second. This one is masterful: we have Iris the scorned ex wife coping with the ashes from the bonfire of her marriage.

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Just after we spoke, it was announced that Gervais had taken on extra security for his UK tour after receiving death threats.It’s no secret that Fallon and Gervais never wanted children, but like any child-free woman, she (not he) has been subject to the inevitable ‘Why don’t you have kids? Amongst this we still hear from Iris, upping her game and keep visiting the area where Maddy and Lee live to try to get more evidence to out them. Ad Feature Glittering costumes, impressive special effects and BELTING musical numbers: Disney's Frozen the Musical is. I didn’t love this book, which I’m actually gutted about because I was really looking forward to reading it and had high hopes - maybe that was the problem.