*** THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***

**THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GROWN UPS, MARIAN KEYES

'JUST BRILLIANT'** SUNDAY TIMES

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***'Myself and Hugh . . . We're taking a break.'

'A city-with-fancy-food sort of break?'***

If only.

Amy's husband Hugh says he isn't leaving her.

He still loves her, he's just taking a break - from their marriage, their children and, most of all, from their life together.

Six months in South-East Asia. And nothing she says can stop him.

But when does a break become a break-up?

A lot can happen in six months. And it's enough to send Amy and her family of gossips, misfits and troublemakers teetering over the edge.

*When Hugh returns, if he returns, will he be the same man she married?

Will Amy be the same woman?*

Because if Hugh is on a break from their marriage, then . . . isn't she on one too?

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'Mercilessly funny' The Times

'I laughed . . . I cried' Daily Mail

'Full of darkness and light, this is Keyes at her classic and most brilliant best' Red

SHORTLISTED FOR A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD