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The Snag List

A smart and laugh-out-loud funny novel about female friendship

Sophie White author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Hachette Books Ireland

Published:21st Apr '22

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Three thirty-somethings find themselves living in a luxury housing development where hope and potential goes to die - or that's what it feels like. But a new business idea has them wondering if they can make big changes and have the lives they've always wanted...

'I loved it!' Marian Keyes

'Laugh-out-loud funny, sharp as a tack and compulsively readable ... I loved it.' Louise O'Neill


'I loved The Snag List. It's a sharp, funny story of female friendship at its best, with characters you'll fall in love with.' Beth O'Leary

'Astutely observed, whip-smart and very, very funny.' Sarah Breen

'Laugh-out-loud hilarious ... White's pages fizz with earthy wit and [Marian] Keyes fans will definitely find plenty to enjoy here' Sunday Independent

If you could go back and follow the road not taken ... would you?

For thirty-somethings Lindy, Ailbhe and Roe, the move to new, hyper-polished, luxury housing development Monteray Valley feels like slow death by Netflix, neighbourhood Whatsapp groups and Saturday nights in. The potential for exciting new possibilities seems to be withering faster than you can say 'postnatal dryness' as the women's lives are consumed by other halves and domestic obligations.

Lindy's realising that her ambitions have been hijacked by her son's career. He's eleven.

Meanwhile, despite years of self-sabotage, Ailbhe 'has it all': a successful business, a husband, a baby. If only having it all didn't also include having a fairly colossal secret.

Then there's Roe who is busy trying for a baby -- a risky business when you're not sure you want one.

Compiling a snag list to send to their builder sees the new friends contemplating their own personal snag lists -- their regrets and unfulfilled dreams - and inspires a business idea that's about to see life in Monteray Valley get a lot more interesting.

Getting a second chance to carpe diem is irresistible, but can do-overs ever really work? And will revisiting past regrets threaten the lives they've made now?

Funny, intelligent and current ... everything you could wish for in a novel and more ... A must-read * Books of All Kinds *
White has penned for us a read that is unsettling, sharp, and yet, often strikingly witty * Irish Examiner *
The Snag List ... works as a smart commentary on the digital world, motherhood and addiction * Irish Independent Review *

ISBN: 9781529352702

Dimensions: 232mm x 152mm x 34mm

Weight: 507g

416 pages