A Fast-paced Page-turner: Read an Extract from The Fallout by Rebecca Thornton

SEPTEMBER 2nd 2014
WhatsApp Group: NCT West London Ladies Group Admin: Victoria Stuart-Brown Members: Victoria, Liza, Sarah, Miranda, Ella, Camilla

Victoria: Hi guys. We are absolutely delighted to announce that Otto Arthur Stuart-Brown was born yesterday to a very proud Mummy and Daddy. Hit the September baby mark. Phew! Weighed 6 pounds and 5 oz. We are totally in love. Oxytocin, ladies! It’s the stuff of dreams.

Camilla: Lovely news, Victoria. Elodie was born too, yesterday. Whopper at 9.9oz.

Miranda: Ah congrats everyone. I’m still waiting for my little bundle to arrive.

Sarah: Me too
Liza: Me three
Victoria: Oh you ladies will be absolutely fine. Just remember.

Breathe, let nature work its magic. Nothing to be worried about. And remember – they’re sensations. NOT contrac-tions.

Liza: How was it? We’re all dying to hear.
Victoria: Good thanks! Bit tricky trying to type with one hand whilst I feed. Just enrolling him into schools!

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Released: 20 January, 2020
ISBN: 9780008373139

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Synopsis

At the school gates, there's no such thing as yesterday's news . . .When Liza's little boy has an accident at the local health club, it's all anyone can talk about.Was nobody watching him? Where was his mother? Who's to blame?The rumours, the finger-pointing, the whispers – they're everywhere. And Liza's best friend, Sarah, desperately needs it to stop.Because Sarah was there when it happened. It was all her fault. And if she's caught out on the lie, everything will fall apart . . .

About the author

Rebecca Thornton

Rebecca Thornton is an alumna of the Faber Academy Writing A Novel course, where she was tutored by Esther Freud and Tim Lott. Her writing has been published in The Guardian, You Magazine, Daily Mail, Prospect Magazine and The Sunday People amongst others. She has reported from the Middle East, Kosovo and the UK. She now lives in West London with her husband and two children. The Fallout is her third novel.

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