Isobel has always done the "right" thing. She went to university, got a good job, married a successful man and delighted her parents by rapidly becoming pregnant. Isobel's now thirtysomething, with two young children and all the trappings. Yet she's finding herself increasingly restless and irritable.
Isobel's younger sister, Clare, is her confidante and best mate. Dubbed by her family as "arty" and "scatty", Clare has progressed through all sorts of creative jobs - advertising copy-writing, television production and now writer on a women's magazine. Trouble is she's starting to yearn for a life partner and kids.
When Clare and Isobel, sick of their own lives, decide to completely swap "existences" for a fortnight and write a story about it, they're both in for some major surprises.
A warm and funny novel about two women who sample the flipside of their lives - and find it's not as sweet as they thought . . .
