This is the first book I have read by Gillian Harvey and I was very impressed. This story is light-hearted, funny and a nice happy read. All of the characters are extremely likeable and I had a good giggle during the story.
At times I watched to shout at Clare to stick up for herself and stop letting people walk over her! But she certainly showed them!
Even though I'm not in the same age category as Clare (a bit younger!) I think most people can relate to working extremely hard and not getting recognition or even a thank you when you have went above and beyond.
This book is a heart-warming yet hilarious read and it will definitely cheer you up during "lockdown."

A light hearted and highly relatable comedy about a working mother struggling with how invisible she seems to be to her husband, her boss and her family. Clare Bailey is a successful lawyer specialising in a lucrative but dull (to her boss) area of the law. Similarly everybody else in her life is focused on things that are more interesting and important to them than her - her husband, whose television career is taking priority and her teenage children, whose preoccupations with gaming and make-up and themselves will be familiar to all parents. Fate intervenes when Clare takes a bus to a talent contest, leading to the creation of an alter ego and social media fame. The comedy has a deft but light touch that keeps it just on the right side of believable and the development of Clare’s character from harassed working mum to empowered and confident individual makes it a highly enjoyable read.

Having read Gillian's debut novel last year I was excited to read her next novel. I absolutely loved it so the bar was high for this book. She smashed it!! I loved this one even more!

Claire Bailey feels invisible. Her family barely look at her. Her boss and his new prodigy barely have time for her. He's moved her office into a coat cupboard. Her car has broken down and whilst her husband is driving a flash car to impress, she had to take the bus. One morning she ditches work and gets on the special bus to the talent competition where she reads her poems. A phone call a few days later asking her to consider being a .....

Oh my word this is such a fun read. Some of the characters she meets along the way are just hilarious. Brilliantly written. I just love Gillian's style of writing. As an older woman I could relate to feeling invisible and I found it so uplifting that she did something about it. It's a big fat YES from me.