Who is Laura Clark? To her colleagues at the suburban head office where she works, she''s an anonymous forty-something HR manager who spends her days sending emails about the maintenance of the lifts, organising snacks for work meetings and subtly managing everyone''s egos so things can actually get done. To her golf-obsessed husband and selfie-obsessed teenage daughter, she''s the woman who puts dinner on the table and cleans it up afterwards. To her elderly mother, she''s a sounding board for her constant complaints. But one day Laura puts on her ''out of office'' message and doesn''t turn up for work. Soon baffling things start happening, and everyone''s formerly ordered lives quickly begin to descend into all-out chaos. Where has Laura gone? Has something terrible happened to her? Or has she - unthinkably - decided to finally give her own life the finger? To find out, the people in her life must realise that, maybe, they never really knew Laura Clark at all . . .

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Helen Russell is a bestselling author, journalist and speaker. Former editor of marieclaire.co.uk turned Scandinavia correspondent for the Guardian whose first book, The Year of Living Danishly, became an international bestseller, optioned for television. She's the author of six books, translated into 21 languages.
Helen now writes for magazines and newspapers globally, including The Times and The Sunday Times, Telegraph, Independent, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, Observer, Metro, Grazia, Stylist and Stella. She's spent the last twelve years studying cultural approaches to emotions and speaks about her work internationally for organisations including Google, Novo Nordisk and LEGO.

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'SO witty, so entertaining, yet so moving. Countless women will identify with Laura Clark. I loved it so much!' MARIAN KEYES

'Brilliantly entertaining . . . surprisingly moving 'JENNIE GODFREY

'Riotously funny' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

'If you're a woman with only so many f*cks left to give, this book is for you' CALLY BEATON

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WHO IS LAURA CLARK?

To her colleagues: an invisible forty-something HR manager who restocks the meeting-room snacks.

To her husband and teenage daughter: the woman who puts food in the fridge and dinner on the table.

To her elderly mother: a round-the-clock helpline for endless complaints.

Laura Clark is the woman everyone relies on. But barely anyone sees.

So, one day, Laura puts on her 'out of office' message - and doesn't come back. And soon, everyone's formerly ordered lives quickly begin to descend into all-out chaos.

Where has Laura gone?
Has something terrible happened to her?
Or has she - unthinkably - decided to finally give her own life the finger?

**To find out, the people in her life must realise that, maybe, they never really knew Laura Clark at all . . .

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'MORE PRAISE FOR LAURA CLARK

'Once I started reading, I couldn't stop' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'A book with a big, generous heart' BOBBY PALMER
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'An empowering story for any woman who's ever felt invisible - or is simply sick of everyone's st!'
**FIONA GIBSON

**'Funny, wise and everything in between, I absolutely loved it' READER REVIEW
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'Intriguing, relatable and utterly fabulous! I was completely hooked!'
**HELGA JENSEN
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'A wonderfully relatable book that had me cheering for Laura'
**SHEILA McCLURE

**'So relatable and a little bit chaotic . . . can't recommend it enough' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'A gloriously funny manifesto for why we should never take the Laura Clarks of this world for granted!'
**JULIE MA

'**Helen Russell's exquisite storytelling reveals the layers of Laura's life gently like the unfurling of a peony in summer . . . I loved every second of it'
**JENNI BAYLISS

**'Laugh-out-loud funny' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

'Every woman needs to read this . . . 12/10 across the board'
**RIA LINA

**'Wonderful . . . so much fun - hugely wonderfully hilarious, and so well observed!'
M.K. OLIVER

'The ending was so satisfying' READER REVIEW ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐