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Amazing Grace Adams

Amazing Grace Adams

Summary

**A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK!**

**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

'Littlewood writes with ferocity and compassion. Read it and weep (then cheer)' THE TIMES

'I just adored this . . . An unforgettable read' LIANE MORIARTY

'Compelling, funny and poignant. I devoured it' PAULA HAWKINS

'A rip-roaring, empowering story. Glorious' DAILY EXPRESS

'An absolute gut punch of a book' RED

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Is this the best worst day of her life?

Once, Grace Adams was poised for great things. Now, she barely attracts a second glance as she strides down the street carrying her daughter's sixteenth birthday cake.

But behind the scenes, Grace's life is in freefall. Her husband is divorcing her. Her daughter has banned her from her birthday party. And Grace has just abandoned her car in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Because Grace Adams has finally had enough. She's sick of being overlooked and underappreciated, and she's particularly tired of being polite. She's about to set off on a journey to rediscover who she is, and confront the secret that has torn her family apart.

What is that secret? You're about to find out . . .



New York Times bestseller, September 2023
Jenna's Book Club Pick, September 2023

Reviews

  • A tragicomic character that middle-aged women can celebrate . . . It's a tale of giddy love, thwarted ambitions, devastating loss, the dangers of 21st-century adolescence, the horrors of the menopause and how badly language can let us down . . . Littlewood writes with ferocity and compassion about Grace's all-too-believable agonies and the impossibility of spinning all the plates that modern life expects us to manage. Read it and weep (then cheer)
    THE TIMES

About the author

Fran Littlewood

Fran Littlewood is the author of Amazing Grace Adams, which was a New York Times bestseller and Today Show Read With Jenna pick, and has been published in 17 territories to date. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway, University of London, and worked as a journalist, including a stint at the Times. She lives in London with her husband and their three daughters. The Favourite is her second novel.
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