Laura Clark Is Away from Her Desk: The relatable and and hilarious coming-of-middle-age novel for anyone who feels frazzled and fed up. . . for fans of Alexandra Potter and Melanie Cantor

Helen Russell

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Who is Laura Clark?

To her colleagues, she's an invisible forty-something HR manager, emailing about lift repairs and quietly stocking the meeting-room snacks.

To her golf-obsessed husband and selfie-obsessed teenage daughter, she's the reliable constant - dinner on the table, mess cleaned away, needs met without thanks.

To her elderly mother, she's a patient ear for endless complaints.

Laura Clark is the woman everyone relies on. And barely anyone sees.

But one day Laura puts on her 'out of office' message - and doesn't come back. And soon, everyone's formerly ordered lives quickly begin to descend into all-out chaos.

Where has Laura gone?

Has something terrible happened to her?

Or has she - unthinkably - decided to finally give her own life the finger?

To find out, the people in her life must realise that, maybe, they never really knew Laura Clark at all . . .

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Helen Russell

Helen Russell

Helen Russell is a journalist and the bestselling author of The Year of Living Danishly and Leap Year.

Formerly editor of MarieClaire.co.uk, she now lives in Denmark and works as a Scandinavia correspondent for the Guardian, as well as writing a column on Denmark for the Telegraph and features for The Times, The Observer, Grazia, The Wall Street Journal and the Independent.

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