Three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month. Roxanne- glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover - and hoping that one day he will leave his wife and marry her. Maggie- capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with - motherhood. Candice- honest, decent, or so she believes - until a ghost from her past turns up, and almost ruins her life. A chance encounter in the cocktail bar sets in train an extraordinary set of events which upsets all their lives and almost destroys their friendship.
Author Biography
Madeleine Wickham was born in London. She read PPE at Oxford and published her first novel, The Tennis Party, while working as a financial journalist. Since then she has written A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday, The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements, all published by Black Swan. She is also the author of several novels published by Black Swan under the name of Sophie Kinsella. She lives in Surrey with her husband and two small sons.
