Almost Perfect

In Cambridge, there are rules:Stay polished.Stay loyal.Know your place.Poppy Moore doesn't.As a stay-at-home mum, Poppy spends her days navigating school gates, social expectations and the unspoken hierarchies of suburban life. But when her daughter Ruby unexpectedly wins a children's beauty contest, the balance shifts.Friendships fracture.Gossip spreads.And the cracks in Poppy's carefully constructed world begin to show.As pressures mount - from family, from society, and from within - Poppy must decide how far she's willing to bend to belong.Almost Perfect is a sharp, funny and perceptive novel about modern motherhood, loneliness, and the courage it takes to stand your ground.