Kate Long - Author

A former teacher,  Kate Long born in 1964 grew up in Blackrod, Lancashire. She wrote her first novel, The Bad Mother's Handbook, after her children had gone to bed and "if there was nothing good on the telly." She currently lives with her husband and two young children in the small village in Shropshire.

If you like Kate Long you might also like to read books by Kate Atkinson, Tess Stimson and David Nicholls

A Mother's Guide to Cheating Kate Long March 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. The Bad Mother’s Handbook was a hit for Kate Long and now she’s back with A Mother’s Guide To Cheating, an intelligent, well-observed and poignant portrayal of a mother and daughter navigating their way through... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/02/2010 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

The Daughter Game Kate Long This is quite a sad tale of one woman’s need to have a child, in a marriage where the husband does not. Anna’s maternal instincts are expressed through the extra mile she will go to help the pupils she teaches... Format: Hardback - Released: 07/03/2008 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Queen Mum Kate Long Two very different mothers swap lives for two weeks of reality TV. It is strange how one’s sympathies chop and change in this sensitive, compulsive and astute read, her best since her brilliant The Bad Mother’s Handbook, which you... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 02/03/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Queen Mum Kate Long This is a book about families and friendships and how, so often, everything is not what it seems. It is told by Ally whose best friend and next door neighbour, Juno, signs up for a reality-TV show, ‘Queen Mum’. Juno... Format: Hardback - Released: 02/06/2006 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Swallowing Grandma Kate Long The Bad Mother’s Handbook, Kate Long’s first novel, was one of my favourite books of last year, do seek it out. This too is a delight. We meet Katherine aged 18, she has been brought up by her poisonous... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2006 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

The Bad Mother's Handbook Kate Long I had the same feeling reading this as I did Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum. It is very special. Related in the different voices of the three generations of women living together through one momentous year,... Format: Paperback - Released: 18/02/2005 Lovereading Price: £6.74 - Saving £2.25 (25%)

Mothers & Daughters Kate Long Carol married young -- to philandering Phil; and became a mother young -- to highly-strung Jaz. Carol put up with Phil's infidelities: suffer in silence and keep the family together was her mantra. Not so Jaz. The moment she discovers... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/03/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Before She Was Mine Kate Long Freya is torn between her two mothers. Liv, her adoptive mother who nurtured and raised her, is earthy, no-nonsense. The total opposite to Melody: with her vibrant, explosive personality and extensive, brightly coloured wardrobe, Freya's birth mother is still apt... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/03/2012 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)