Mother Hens

The Sunday Times number one bestselling debut novel

’Absolutely outrageous. A total snigger-fest.’ SINDHU VEE

’Unputdownable. Thoroughly enjoyable and twisted.’ KATERINA DIAMOND

Welcome to a hen do where revenge is served colder than a frozen margarita...

Cara Carmichael’s bestie is finally getting hitched, and she’s over the moon because it means one thing... Whoah, they’re going to Ibiza! Mums on Tour: ditching kids, partners and better judgement for a long-weekend of sun, sea, and sex...y support pants. What could possibly go ’Pete Tong’?

Lazy days, crazy nights and child-free hangovers sound like hedonistic heaven - but it turns out you can get into a hell of a lot of trouble on the party island where rules are meant to be broken.

For Cara, it’s a chance to forget about her messy divorce and explosive feud with a stardom-seeking sister and Pina-Colada pickled mother. Swapping emotional baggage for 10kg of hand luggage, she soon realises even on holiday, the darkness of your past has an alarming way of catching up with you.

When a twist of fate causes feathers to fly - a dangerous opportunity for retribution arises. Faced with secrets, lies, and betrayal - does it pay to be a good egg, or do bad chicks reign supreme?

Four friends, three nights, two murders - one heck of an adventure. A rollocking rollercoaster ride from Ibiza to Vegas, via Cheshire, Mother Hens will make you laugh, wince, and wonder what any of us are really capable of when push comes to shove...

Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2023.

An instant Sunday Times number one bestseller

READERS ARE LOVING MOTHER HENS:

’Can’t stop laughing. Hilarious!’

’I read the whole thing with a smile on my face ... Brilliant!’

’A must-read!’

Sophie McCartney, the force behind the internet phenomenon, Tired & Tested, is a writer and comedian from Liverpool.
Her first book, TIRED & TESTED: The Wild Ride into Parenthood, was a Sunday Times bestseller, lifting the lid on the messier side of life, parenting and adulthood, with the same frank, funny and fearless approach as Sophie’s sketches, songs and stand-up.
Before turning to comedy, Sophie worked in PR and considers promoting the world’s biggest fish finger as a career highlight. Winner of a Funny Women award in 2020, she now shares her no-holds-barred take on life with a legion of fans online, on stage and on screen.
Sophie lives with her husband, two children, one on the way and a beagle with a taste for bin-diving. Find out more at www.sophiemccartney.com.