A truly intelligent, incisive page-turner with so much to say about women’s lives – a sharp, satisfying treat of a read! — Kate Harrison, author of The Secret Shopper novels

Set in the pressure-cooker world of television, The Making of Her is a blackly funny retort to a society which values youth over age and appearance over experience. It will appeal to every woman over 50 and upwards who feels past her sell-by date.

The Making of Her is the makeover programme that Clara never wanted to produce, featuring the one person, Jo, she never would have chosen to star in it. Pete Street, rock star recluse with nothing left to lose and Glaswegian side-kick Jongo, blunder into this mesmerising, haunting and very contemporary tale about self-esteem, identity and change. Will transformation come from the inside out, or from the outside in?

And will The Making of Her prove to be the making of them all?

BAFTA winning Susie Nott-Bower started out in theatre, later moving into television as a writer and producer. It was her behind-the-scenes relationship with television that inspired this debut novel. Today she lives in south west England where she paints, writes and revels in creativity.