Book description
Single mother Callie has come to rely heavily on her best friend Suzy.
But Callie suspects Suzy's life isn't as simple as it seems. It's time
she pulled away - going back to work is just the first step towards
rediscovering her old confidence. So why does she keep putting off
telling Suzy about her new job?
Suzy and Callie live close to each other on a typical cramped,
anonymous London street. Neighbours seem to move in, and move on, before
you have even learned their names. Callie's increased sense of
alienation leads her to try to befriend a new resident on her street,
Debs. But Debs is anxious, odd. You wouldn't trust her with your child -
especially not if you knew anything about her past.
A brilliant and chilling evocation of modern life, The Playdate
is a real talking-point book for mothers everywhere.
I started reading and couldn't stop . . . a must-read that will tap
into every mother's primal fears' Sophie Hannah
Louise Millar was brought up in Scotland. She began her journalism
career in mainly music and film magazines, working as a sub-editor for
Kerrang!, Smash Hits, the NME and Empire. She later moved into features,
working as a commissioning editor on women's magazines. She has written
for Marie Claire
, Red
, Psychologies
, Stella
(Telegraph magazine), the Independent
, the Observer
, Glamour
, Stylist
and Eve
.
She lives in London with her husband and daughters.
