CWIP did an incredible job of the online awards night and the weeks leading up to it, to make it as special as they could for all of us involved, but it was really surreal. Although, if I’m honest, it was a bit odd hanging up and going back to doing the laundry versus getting sloshed at the Groucho Club. The emotion of that moment, of realising my dream, was completely overwhelming. 1) Taking you back to the moment you were told (live on zoom) that you had won the CWIP 2020 Unpublished Prize – did you feel you were channelling Gwyneth Paltrow (tears) or b) Olivia Coleman (humorous raspberry blowing) c) other? I blubbed, big time! I’d been told to expect a call from a judge to do some soundbites for the awards night and even when I saw it was Kate Bradley from Harper Collins, I still didn’t really think I’d won. When the assignment gets uncomfortably close to home, Vicky must decide if she has got what the job takes after all, and if home is really where her heart is.247 edits, a new title and keeping her Hussey clean - Helen Lederer gets the goss from 2020 Unpublished Novel winner Faye Brann. So, when a newcomer on the PTA sets alarms bells ringing and MI5 comes calling, she's determined to prove that despite her expanding waistline and love of pink gin, she's still every bit the cold-eyed special operative. But beneath the school runs and bake sales, Vicky had never quite said goodbye to the past. Not even her husband, and certainly not the other mums at the school gate. And apart from being outstandingly good at paintball, no one would ever know that in a past life she was an undercover spy and has been trained to kill a man with her bare hands. and skilfully written' - Yomi Adekoke, author of Slay in Your Lane 'Very funny' - Grace Campbell, comedian and author of Amazing Disgrace Vicky Turnbull has never regretted giving up her career for family life in the suburbs.
page turning, smart and sassy' - Helen Lederer, comedian, author and founder of the CWIP Prize 'Fresh and different. Independent Bookshop Editions and Autographed Books
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