Wives Like Us

Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque * Sunday Times Style *The brilliantly satirical new novel that’s got the Cotswolds smart set buzzing with speculation … it may be finally 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 FfordeA fabulous and funny bucolic romp - Plum Sykes does it again. – Hannah Rothschild, author of The Improbability of LoveWives 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 AsiansWives 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 StreetDelightful * Vogue *I 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 BuchananA 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 *The best-accessorised novel of the season. * Saga *Fabulously glamorous and gossipy. – Louise Roe, SheerluxeIt’s stuffed with fascinating characters wearing fabulous clothes. I loved it. * Daily Mail *A riotous, delightful read. * Woman’s Own *

Plum Sykes was born in London and educated at Oxford. She is the New York Times best-selling author of the novels Bergdorf Blondes, The Debutante Divorcée, and Party Girls Die in Pearls. She is a contributing editor at American Vogue and writes P.S. by Plum Sykes on Substack. She lives in the English countryside with her daughters.