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Getting Rid of Matthew
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  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141025292
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $29.99

Getting Rid of Matthew




A new-look 10th anniversary edition of the Sunday Times bestselling author's provocative debut

What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two daughters and move into your flat, just when you're thinking that you might not want him anymore . . .

PLAN A: Stop shaving your armpits. And your bikini line. Tell him you have a moustache that you wax every six weeks. Stop having sex with him. Pick holes in the way he dresses. Don't brush your teeth. Or your hair. Or pluck out the stray hag-whisker that grows out of your chin. Buy incontinence pads and leave them lying around.

PLAN B: Accidentally on purpose bump into his wife Sophie. Give yourself a fake name and identity. Befriend Sophie. Actually begin to really like Sophie. Snog Matthew's son (who's the same age as you by the way. You're not a paedophile). Buy a cat and give it a fake name and identity. Befriend Matthew's children. Unsuccessfully. Watch your whole plan go absolutely horribly wrong.

Getting Rid of Matthew is the sharp and hilariously funny novel from Jane Fallon.

  • Published: 15 June 2017
  • ISBN: 9780141025292
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Jane Fallon

Jane Fallon is the multi-award winning television producer behind such shows as This Life, Teachers and 20 Things to do Before You're 30. Her previous novels, Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back and Foursome were all top ten bestsellers and Foursome was nominated for a Melissa Nathan award. The Ugly Sister is Jane's fourth novel.

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Praise for Getting Rid of Matthew

Chick lit with an edge

Guardian

A brilliant and original tale

Sun

Intelligent, edgy and witty

Glamour

Praise for Jane Fallon

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I love Fallon, she's in a category all of her own - her books are great fun and her characters are fabulous, believable women who take no nonsense

Marian Keyes, Daily Mail