The Shoplifting Mothers' Club
β Scribed by Fonteroy, Geraldine
- Book ID
- 107093473
- Publisher
- Furrow Imprint
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Until the fateful day that her daughter is injured at school, Jessica Maroni figures that life is okay.
Sure, being married to a workaholic pro-bono lawyer and living in Surrey on pennies isn't ideal - particularly when the yummy mummies at school take every opportunity to point out the differences between their husbands' incomes and hers.
With their Range Rovers, size 6 skinny jeans and waist-length hair extensions, they couldn't be more different to Jessica and her own more 'herbal' approach to life.
But when eight-year-old Rachel suffers a life changing injury, and husband Ronald refuses to pay for a private surgeon, Jessica becomes intimately involved with the vacuous group from school, a decision that dramatically changes the course of the future for herself and her family.
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