So Thrilled for You Synopsis
**THE BOOK FOR EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW**
**THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE: BOOKS OF 2025**
THEY'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. OR SO THEY SAY...
? 'Brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary' Jacqueline Wilson?
? 'It will resonate for all women, and it's so much fun' Marian Keyes ?
? 'Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood' Gillian McAllister?
? 'Compelling, thought-provoking, unputdownable' Sarah Turner ?
?'Funny and clever' Fearne Cotton?
? 'Universally empowering' Kate Sawyer?
Is being a mother the most defining role a woman can have?
Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions, and motherhood is at the forefront of their minds. But when Charlotte organises a baby shower for Nicki on a swelteringly hot summer's day, it changes their friendship group forever.
In the aftermath, each woman has a different view on what happened that day - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.
Razor-sharp, funny, truthful and utterly gripping, So Thrilled For You is a novel for women and about women. It will start conversations and change expectations.
BIG LITTLE LIES meets EXPECTATION in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman in your life.
'One to gift to all your friends' ELLE
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781529301687 |
| Publication date: |
17th July 2025 |
| Author: |
Holly Bourne |
| Publisher: |
Hodder an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
405 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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Holly Bourne Press Reviews
? 'Brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary' Jacqueline Wilson?
? 'It will resonate for all women, and it's so much fun' Marian Keyes ?
? 'Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood' Gillian McAllister?
? 'Compelling, thought-provoking, unputdownable' Sarah Turner (The Unmumsy Mum)?
? 'Universally empowering' Kate Sawyer?
About Holly Bourne
Holly Bourne is the author of Am I Normal Yet?, How Hard Can Love Be?, What’s a Girl Gotta Do?, The Manifesto on How to be Interesting and Soulmates. She graduated with a first class degree in Journalism Studies at University of Sheffield and spent two years working as a local news reporter on the Surrey Mirror, garnering a nomination for Print Journalist of the Year in 2010. During her time there, Holly uncovered many national and international stories that received huge press coverage. She was nominated for Print Journalist of the Year – but found she didn’t have the stomach for the job.
Her first two books, Soulmates and The Manifesto on How to be Interesting, have been critically acclaimed and translated into six languages. Am I Normal Yet? has been chosen as a World Book Night book for 2016, and shortlisted for The Bookseller YA Book Prize.
Her own experiences of blatant sexism, drove her to write Am I Normal Yet? - the first book in the critically acclaimed Normal series about three girls who start their own grassroots feminist campaign group. The trilogy has inspired young girls to start their own groups all over the UK and Holly tours schools and festivals to talk to young people about gender equality. To mark the release of What’s a Girl Gotta Do? – the last book in the trilogy – Holly launched the #IamaFeminist social media campaign which trended worldwide. She lives in Lewes.
She worked as a journalist for TheSite.org an advice and information website for 16-25 year olds, click here to read a Q&A with Holly.
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