Mutton

* ''Hilariously accurate. The funniest novel about the female mid-life crisis'' The Times *

Clara Hutt is forty-six years old, and in pretty good nick, considering. She has kick-ass underwear, a large and loving family, and a healthy sense of what matters in life. Until Gaby moves in.

Gaby''s an old school friend of Clara''s who has just returned from LA. She may be a yoga mogul who lives off kale, and speaks a made-up fantasy novel language, but Gaby''s no stranger to cosmetic surgery: she''s almost fifty, but looks thirty-six at most.

What with Gaby, and Clara''s son''s leggy girlfriend, Sky, wafting around the house in her stripy pants, Clara starts to wonder if a little Botox, a little filler, a nip and a tuck, would be so very wrong. Should she ignore the fear? Or is there another way to grow old gracefully - and how far is she prepared to go to find out?

''Had me reaching for the hankie as I wept with laughter from start to finish'' Evening Standard

''A brilliant mix of humour and heart . . . offers a witty take on the ageing process, delivered in Knight''s usual pithy, thought-provoking style'' Grazia

''Tear-inducingly funny . . . we love this story'' Closer

''Gleeful. A frank and funny novel of Harley Street makeovers and matronly madness'' Independent

India Knight is the author of three previous novels: My Life on a Plate, Don''t You Want Me and Comfort and Joy. Her non-fiction books include The Shops, the bestselling diet book Neris and India''s Idiot-Proof Diet, the accompanying bestselling cookbook Neris and India''s Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook and The Thrift Book. India is a columnist for the Sunday Times and lives in London with her three children.