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Plum Sykes was born in London and educated at Oxford. She is the author of the novels Bergdorf Blondes, The Debutante Divorcée, and Party Girls Die in Pearls. She is a contributing editor at World of Interiors and American Vogue. She lives in the English countryside with her daughters.
Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque * Sunday Times Style * The brilliantly satirical new novel that’s got the Cotswolds smart set buzzing with speculation …it may finally be time for Jilly [Cooper] to make way for a new chronicler of Cotswolds life. * Daily Mail * A forensically well-observed narrative ... will it do for the Cotswolds what F Scott Fitzgerald did for the Hamptons ... a shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich. * The Times * A stiletto-sharp look at the glamorous end of the Cotswolds. I loved it! -- Katie Fforde A fabulous and funny bucolic romp – Plum Sykes does it again. -- Hannah Rothschild, author of The Improbability of Love Wives Like Us made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime? In a word, yes. Plum Sykes is in a class of her own when it comes to peeling back the layers of status paranoia amongst the poshest of the posh as she delivers a delectable tale that you never want to end. I would risk all the lamps in my house to read stand-alone novels about every single character in this book! -- Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians Wives Like Us may be set in the most gorgeous English manor house, but I’d happily sleep in the shed if it meant I could tag along with these marvelous characters – Tata, Minty, and their chic and crafty butler. -- Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street Delightful * Vogue * I absolutely adored Wives Like Us, I thought it was so fun and funny, a romp and a riot - and a glorious dollop of much needed escapism. -- Daisy Buchanan A riotous romp … Her unique blend of shrewd social commentary and knowing humour, with a dash of what she calls ‘affectionate satire’, is reminiscent of Nancy Mitford, PG Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh. * The Lady * A comedy of manners with an emphasis on the comedy ... In Sykes’s skilled and observant hands however madcap fare is always more than just a good time, it’s a nuanced look inside a specific world, where even the most humorous happenings can tell us something meaningful about the decidedly less glamorous lives we mere readers live. * Town & Country * Wickedly funny * Citizen Femme * Hotly-anticipated * Mail Online * An amusing flight of fancy … Wives Like Us is more Sex and the City – or Sex and the Shires – than The Code of the Woosters. It mocks its subjects while glamorising them. The book is also something of a roman à clef. * The Spectator * Cleverly structured, very well-written and has a delicious, knowing ending … I gobbled the sugar lumps and am leading them to the winners’ enclosure. * The Spectator * The best-accessorised novel of the season. * Saga * Fabulously glamorous and gossipy. -- Louise Roe, Sheerluxe It's stuffed with fascinating characters wearing fabulous clothes. I loved it. * Daily Mail * A riotous, delightful read * Woman's Own *
