So Thrilled For You

the conversation-starting, smart, funny new book club novel from the bestselling author - this is the book for every woman you know

De: Holly Bourne

Narrado por: Emily Spowage, Evie Ward-Drummond, Kelly Hotten, Paul Herzberg, Rosalind Lailey

**THE BOOK FOR EVERY WOMAN YOU KNOW**
**THE SUNDAY TIMES STYLE: BOOKS OF 2025**

THEY'RE THE BEST OF FRIENDS. OR SO THEY SAY...
⭐ 'Brilliant: so funny, so sad, so scary' Jacqueline Wilson⭐
⭐ 'It will resonate for all women, and it's so much fun' Marian Keyes ⭐
⭐ 'Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood' Gillian McAllister⭐
⭐ 'Compelling, thought-provoking, unputdownable' Sarah Turner ⭐
⭐'Funny and clever' Fearne Cotton⭐
⭐ 'Universally empowering' Kate Sawyer⭐

Is being a mother the most defining role a woman can have?

Nicki, Lauren, Charlotte and Steffi have been friends since university. Now in their thirties, life is pulling them in different directions, and motherhood is at the forefront of their minds. But when Charlotte organises a baby shower for Nicki on a swelteringly hot summer's day, it changes their friendship group forever.

In the aftermath, each woman has a different view on what happened that day - but the truth will shock everyone. Even you.

Razor-sharp, funny, truthful and utterly gripping, So Thrilled For You is a novel for women and about women. It will start conversations and change expectations.

BIG LITTLE LIES meets EXPECTATION in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman in your life.

'One to gift to all your friends' ELLE©2025 Holly Bourne

Reseñas de la Crítica

Thrilling, funny, gripping, empathetic; a totally original telling of a story every thirty-something woman will recognise. This book looks at what babies do to female friendships in the same way Bridesmaids did to weddings (Dolly Alderton)

I'm pretty sure this is going to be my book of the year. I adored every minute I spent reading this brilliantly eviscerating take-down of the myriad pressures on women

I loved it. Part whodunnit, part dark take-down of motherhood, and the vast love and limits it imposes on women. It will be huge (Gillian McAllister)

Figuring out who started it is just one part, as Bourne questions all you thought you knew about motherhood, friendship and being a woman

This dark and intoxicating portrayal of female friendship cleverly captures how the choices we make as women threaten to divide us. Compelling, thought provoking and unputdownable - I absolutely loved it (Sarah Turner (@TheUnmumsyMum))

Bourne's propulsive plot pulls her readers through an emotionally charged day whilst exploring the tenderest, most shameful and funny aspects of the divisive experiences of motherhood, almost motherhood and being child-free by choice, culminating in an explosive, but ultimately universally empowering, denouement (Kate Sawyer)

What an excellent, acid-sharp read Holly's book is (Jenny Colgan)

Reading So Thrilled For You I found myself pulled into an all too familiar landscape where the pressures on women - mothers and non-mothers like - were so visceral and acute I had to close the book to gasp at times. A hearty congratulations and a high five to Holly! (Emily Edwards)

The best book I've ever read. Raw, relatable, riveting. Holly Bourne is the best contemporary novelist out there, bar none. This book is going to be a national, if not global, talking point (Laura Jane Williams)

Captivating, brilliantly smart and heartbreakingly true. Holly has perfectly captured the underbelly of female friendship - the part that we aren't allowed to talk about. Every woman will feel seen in the pages of this book and I couldn't adore it more! (Michelle Elman)

Holy HELL, this was incredible. Explosively entertaining and compulsively plotted but so sensitive, so nuanced and so, so needed. It does beautiful justice to life on all sides of the baby divide, and treats every character's perspective with such tenderness - but there's a blazing political fire at its heart. At times it felt like the postnatal therapy I can't afford . . . (Lauren Bravo)

Wow! Totally savage and wickedly funny (Heather Darwent)

A hilarious, dark, raw and honest expose of early motherhood and friendship by Holly Bourne - her first adult thriller and it is a corker! (Jo Callaghan)

The timing was perfect

Such a good listen. I loved all the narrators, I loved how the plot thickens on every character. Reminds me so much of friendships I’ve had or could have.