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Helen Monks Takhar

    Helen Monks Takhar
    Nothing Without Me
    The Marriage Rule
    Such a Good Mother
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    • 2025
    • 2024

      Fame is a deadly game… Even if you win, you lose. The dark, razor-sharp new thriller from the author of That Woman and Such a Good Mother.

      Nothing Without Me
    • 2022

      "Rose O'Connell is barely surviving. Her relationship with her husband is on the rocks and their son isn't fitting in at his new school, the prestigious Woolf Academy. Their tiny flat in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood--the very place Rose grew up as the daughter of an infamous local con artist--can barely contain her family. Rose can't catch a professional break either, trapped in the same junior bank teller role for years. Life as the only mom in a nametag and uniform at The Woolf's shiny school gates isn't easy. Not so for those in the elite and secretive Circle, a tight-knit group of mothers who rule the school, led by the charismatic and glamorous Amala Kaur. In exchange for supporting The Woolf's relentless fundraising and public image drives, the women enjoy lucrative business opportunities, special privileges for their children, and the admiration of the entire community. After the mysterious death of one of The Circle's members, Rose dares to hope that filling the vacancy could set her family up for success. And when Amala makes the shocking decision to invite Rose into their clique, her fortunes, self-esteem, and status soar. But the deeper Rose gets inside The Circle, the darker the secrets lurking within every perfectly Instagrammable life. Far from being a dream come true, being inside The Circle could prove Rose's worst nightmare..."-- Provided by publisher

      Such a Good Mother
    • 2020

      Pro Katherine Rossovou je čtyřiadvacetiletá Lily typická „sněhová vločka“ – křehký, nezdravě sebevědomý, neslušně upřímný, privilegovaný a politicky korektní mileniál, který udělá, co je třeba, aby se prosadil v novinářské branži, a neštítí se k tomu využít rodinné konexe. Zkrátka to má až příliš snadné. Z pohledu Lily je Katherine přehnaně ctižádostivá stárnoucí (jednačtyřicetiletá) žena, zaměřená výhradně na sebe a svoji kariéru. Relikvie z dávných dob. Svým způsobem nesoudná, omezená a staromódní, která se ale nerozpakuje využívat ve svůj prospěch neplacené stážisty, jež s chutí ponižuje a dává jim jasně najevo, kdo je tady pán. Když Lily coby nová stážistka nastoupí do časopisu Leadership, jehož je Katherine šéfredaktorkou, otřese základy malého světa, jejž si Katherine vybudovala. Katherine novou posilou z hloubi duše pohrdá, ale přistihne se, že ji k Lily cosi táhne… Najednou nejde o to, která z nich je lepší, ale kdo krutou psychologickou válku přežije.

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