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Polly Williams

    This author, who has been crafting stories and poems since childhood, has turned her passion into a full-time career. Transitioning from journalism, a sense of urgency after the birth of her first child propelled her to write her debut novel, which achieved international bestseller status. Her subsequent works continue to explore contemporary life with sharp insight and emotional resonance, often drawing from personal experiences. Her writing is characterized by a strong narrative voice and a keen ability to capture the complexities of relationships and the journey of motherhood.

    A Good Girl Comes Undone
    The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy
    The Egg Race
    The Angel at No.33
    Husband, Missing
    It Happened One Summer
    • 2013

      Husband, Missing

      • 341 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.6(38)Add rating

      Gina has only been married six months when her husband Rex goes on holiday to Spain and vanishes without a trace, tipping her dream new marriage into nightmare. As a frantic search gets nowhere, Gina is adamant that he's alive and vows never to give up hope. Speculation is rife: he's drowned at sea, lost his memory, or just walked away. Troubling stories start to emerge about Rex's past that are hard to square with the man she married. How well does she really know her handsome, charismatic husband? They'd fallen in love so quickly, so passionately, that the past had seemed barely relevant to either of them. Now an explosive secret threatens to rewrite the story of their love affair. As the mystery of Rex's whereabouts deepens, Gina begins to wonder whether you only ever truly know the person you love once they've gone. Gina has only been married six months when her husband Rex goes on holiday to Spain and vanishes without a trace. As a frantic search gets nowhere, Gina is adamant that he's alive and vows never to give up hope. Troubling stories start to emerge about Rex's past that are hard to square with the man she married. How well does she really know her handsome, charismatic husband? Now an explosive secret threatens to rewrite the story of their love affair. As the mystery of Rex's whereabouts deepens, Gina begins to wonder whether you only ever truly know the person you love once they've gone.

      Husband, Missing
    • 2012

      One evening, Sophie Brady kisses her husband and son goodbye to meet her best friend. After a night of wine, Sophie finds herself dead by midnight, yet she feels very much alive. Struggling with the thought of leaving her loved ones behind, especially her inept husband and young son, she grapples with her new reality.

      The Angel at No.33
    • 2011

      It Happened One Summer

      • 416 pages
      • 15 hours of reading
      3.8(39)Add rating

      A funny, poignant page-turner about family dysfunctions, coming of age and forgiving your mother. And falling in love ... Nell Stockdale is in a pretty good place, managing to combine a full-on career with single motherhood, a lovely flat, great girlfriends, and a sexy younger man on the scene. But her mother is very ill.

      It Happened One Summer
    • 2008

      She's on a roll. A glamorous job at a glossy magazine. A home of her own. A cute live-in boyfriend. Annie Rafferty has worked damn hard for all of it. If demands are made, she delivers. If people need her, she's there. And if she suspects something is missing? Well, she ignores it. But cracks start to appear. Her boyfriend quits his job and leaves Annie paying the bills. Work descends into a handbags-at-dawn struggle for survival, and there's a new exec in the office - rude, opinionated but strangely attractive - questioning exactly what she's trying to prove. As Annie discovers her true desires, her meticulously planned life begins to unravel and darker, unexpected forces pull things in a shocking new direction . . .

      A Good Girl Comes Undone
    • 2007

      A Bad Bride's Tale

      • 352 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      2.8(59)Add rating

      This is the second novel from Polly Williams, author of 'The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy'. 'A Bad Bride's Tale' is the story of two women who think they're ready to settle down - but have they found the right man?

      A Bad Bride's Tale
    • 2007

      Stevie Jonson is thirty-four. She's broody. And she's set to marry not-quite the-man-of-her-dreams in two weeks' time. Just as the reality of her marriage sinks in, Stevie's path collides with that of Katy Norris, a thirty-six-year-old narcissist with an inside knowledge of fertility indicator home kits and a desire to get her boyfriend to settle, at any cost. As Stevie lurches further into a life that never should have happened, she meets a man who reminds her that she's more than just the sum of her ovaries . . Set in London, Thailand and New York, this hilarious and heartfelt novel will speak to any woman who has ever met the wrong man at the right time.

      The Egg Race
    • 2006

      The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.2(314)Add rating

      One woman's battle to fit back into her old self. Amy Crane is in crisis. Six months after the birth of her baby, Amy still looks pregnant and can't remember the last time she had a wax, or an orgasm. Motherhood is stirring up disturbing questions about her own childhood. And she suspects her boyfriend is cheating. Enter Alice, yummy mummy superior, on a mission to transform Amy's body, and love life. As Amy swaps breast pads for Botox and climbs out of a vortex of self-doubt, her libido awakens from its long nap and things get rather more complicated ... A wonderfully well-written, funny and sharp novel about the trials of playing hip happy families and the contradictions at the heart of modern motherhood.

      The Rise and Fall of a Yummy Mummy