Review
'a funny and well-observed unputdownable novel' CHRIS MANBY
Whatever happened to all your old school mates, the ones you had the best years of your life with? That's what Tracey Mortimer wants to find out as she wistfully remembers the time when she was top of the food chain at Crawley Park Comprehensive. Before she got married to a dull, lazy Dave, whose idea of fidelity is loose at the best of times. Then there's the two kids. Oh yes, and the part-time job at the stationery shop down the road. But 17 years ago, Tracey was the girl everyone wanted to be friends with - or nearly everyone. And when Tracey volunteers to become the star participant in a reality TV show, she finds that not all her school colleagues have happy memories of her. In fact, the producers are finding it hard to find anyone to come forward. But then Boris reappears, often the target of Tracey's sharp tongue at school, but for some reason delighted to see her. And soon they all start turning up. Even Gary, now a policeman. Once he was envied as Tracey's boyfriend, before she dumped him for an affair with a teacher. But he's got a few things to say to his old ex, and she's about to hear some unpleasant home truths. Oh yes, and Suzanne Sharp, the helpless victim of Tracey's merciless bullying. Suzanne's life was made unbearable at school and she has lived with the memory ever since. Now comeback time is here and she's going to exact a full revenge. As the memories emerge, Tracey has to take a long look at the person she was and make a few tough decisions about her life. There are some nasty secrets in the woodwork and several people who want to see them come tumbling out. Based around the phenomenally popular website Friends Reunited, this is a hilarious debut novel with more emotional high points than a teenage disco. (Kirkus UK)
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Friends - and enemies - reunited! They say your school days are the best days of your life and Tracey Mortimer would agree. Sixteen years ago she ruled! She was the most popular girl in school, had her own gang and was dating the cutest guy in her year. Now she's 32, stuck in a dull marriage that's only tolerable because her philandering builder husband is rarely at home. And though Tracey loves her two kids, a daily diet of alphabetti spaghetti and the Tweenies, isn't exactly thrilling...Then Tracey spots an ad from a TV company wanting to make a reality-style show on a perfect school reunion. She jumps at the chance to relive the 'good old days'. Only some of Tracey's classmates don't remember their schooldays as fondly...Suzanne Sharp is more interested in revenge than a reunion. Tracey made her teenage years a misery and what better way to lay the past to rest than to get payback on national television. Especially as there are a few old school secrets that Tracey probably wouldn't want broadcast on national TV, not least of which is Tracey's affair with her old form tutor...
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