All The Other Mothers Hate Me
Published on 9. April 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-00-869803-4 (ISBN)
Description
'SPIKY, WITTY' PANDORA SYKES
'FUNNY, PACY' GUARDIAN
'CHAOTIC, SNARKY, VERY FUNNY' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'AN ABSOLUTELY WILD RIDE' INDEPENDENT
A 'HOTTEST, MUST-READ NEW BOOK FOR 2025' IN SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, INDEPENDENT AND SERVICE95
Maybe having a few enemies on the school run means you're doing something right...
Florence knows all about failure. After a dismal end to her 2000s girlband career, she's moping around West London, single, broke and unfulfilled. The only things she's proud of are her increasingly elaborate nail art choices - and her ten-year-old son, Dylan.
But when Alfie Risby, Dylan's bitter class rival and the child heir to a frozen foods empire, mysteriously vanishes on a school trip, Dylan becomes a prime suspect. Florence has to get her act together, find the missing boy and clear her son's name or risk losing him forever. The only problem? She doesn't have any detective skills, she's not exactly popular at the school gates and she's just found Alfie's backpack hidden under Dylan's bed...
All the Other Mothers Hate Me is an irresistibly witty novel about fitting in, starting over and the lengths we'll go to for the people we love.
What readers are saying...
'The hype is SO deserved!'
'Very funny. I didn't want it to end!'
'Kept me hooked'
'Funny and poignant'
'You can't predict where this is going!'
'FUNNY, PACY' GUARDIAN
'CHAOTIC, SNARKY, VERY FUNNY' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'AN ABSOLUTELY WILD RIDE' INDEPENDENT
A 'HOTTEST, MUST-READ NEW BOOK FOR 2025' IN SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST, INDEPENDENT AND SERVICE95
Maybe having a few enemies on the school run means you're doing something right...
Florence knows all about failure. After a dismal end to her 2000s girlband career, she's moping around West London, single, broke and unfulfilled. The only things she's proud of are her increasingly elaborate nail art choices - and her ten-year-old son, Dylan.
But when Alfie Risby, Dylan's bitter class rival and the child heir to a frozen foods empire, mysteriously vanishes on a school trip, Dylan becomes a prime suspect. Florence has to get her act together, find the missing boy and clear her son's name or risk losing him forever. The only problem? She doesn't have any detective skills, she's not exactly popular at the school gates and she's just found Alfie's backpack hidden under Dylan's bed...
All the Other Mothers Hate Me is an irresistibly witty novel about fitting in, starting over and the lengths we'll go to for the people we love.
What readers are saying...
'The hype is SO deserved!'
'Very funny. I didn't want it to end!'
'Kept me hooked'
'Funny and poignant'
'You can't predict where this is going!'
Reviews / Votes
'An absolutely wild ride: imagine if the writers of Motherland tried their hands at a missing person mystery' Independent'Funny, pacy and very readable, with the social satire absolutely on point' Guardian
'Twisty, witty. A thriller that feels like Motherland meets Agatha Christie.' Stylist
'Funny and heartwarming' Daily Mail
'Spiky, witty and a breath of fresh air' Pandora Sykes
'The most fun I've had reading for ages' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
'I was laughing one moment and gripped with tension the next.' Emily Edwards
'I couldn't put it down' Vogue Williams
'Gets better with every page, makes you laugh out loud, keeps you up late and is full of heart and surprise' Katy Hays
'The witty debut you won't be able to put down' Service 95
'I was gripped at every twist and turn.' Jodie Harsh
'Chaotic, snarky and very funny' Good Housekeeping
'Gossipy and gripping, with a protagonist who toes a daring line between relatable and reprehensible.' Lauren Bravo
'Biting, an utter delight. You won't see the twist coming.' Jessica Knoll, author of Luckiest Girl Alive
'A fabulously imperfect heroine, beautifully irreverent humour, and a plot that sinks its teeth in.' Fran Littlewood
'As bitter, sharp, and fun as the perfect Negroni.' Eve Kellman, How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways
'Sarah Harman is a true original' Emma Forrest
'Brilliantly written, hilarious and so gripping.' Lucy Barker
'Sharply-written, brilliantly observed and very, very funny.' Kate Maxwell
'A potent mix of mystery, laugh out loud humour, and one of the most indelibly matchless protagonists ever.' Liv Constantine
'Fast, funny, riotously irreverent' Melanie Cantor
'An absolute riot with a razor sharp sense of humor and unyielding suspense' Rachel Koller Croft
'Unpredictable and sparkling with warmth and wit. A rollercoaster of a mystery unravelled by a truly unique heroine' Cressida McLaughlin
"A sharply insightful page-turner. Infectiously relatable' Kimberly McCreight
'Delicious, wicked, darkly funny, a wild ride' Sash Bischoff
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-869803-4 (9780008698034)
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Sarah Harman is a recovering journalist living in London. She has over a decade of experience reporting on major breaking news around the world, most recently as a foreign correspondent for NBC News, where she reported from five continents for Today, MSNBC and Nightly News. Prior to that she anchored a rolling news broadcast for Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. All the Other Mothers Hate Me won the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2023.