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The School Gates: Winner of Best Author Read - Festival of Romance Kindle Edition

by Nicola May (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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WINNER OF BEST AUTHOR READ AWARD - FESTIVAL OF ROMANCE At 3.10pm every weekday, parents gather at Featherstone Primary in Denbury to collect their children. For a special few, the friendships forged at the school gates will see them through lives filled with drama, secrets and sorrows. When Yummy Mummy Alana reveals the identity of her love-child's father, she doesn't expect the consequences to be quite so extreme. Ex Czech au-pair Earth Mummy Dana finds happiness in her secret sideline, but really all she longs for is another child. Slummy Mummy Mo's wife-beating husband leads her down a path she never thought possible, and Supper Mummy Joan has to cope when life deals her a devastating blow. And what of Gay Daddy Gordon? Will he be able to juggle parenthood and cope with his broken heart at the same time? Four very different mothers. One adorable dad. And the intertwining trials and tribulations that a year at the primary school gates brings
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'A funny and fast-paced romp - thoroughly enjoyable!' WOMAN


'A fun and flighty read' - Sun

'Joyous Escapism' - Milly Johnson


'Nicola May writes with heart, soul and a whole lot of sauce' - Kim Nash

'This book is so addictive that you will literally lose 3 hours of your life, and you won't care!' - Cara's Book Boudoir

About the Author

Nicola May is a bestselling author of 8 successful romantic comedy novels. Her quirky sense of humour and ability to deal with real life issues in a comedic way has won her a steady fan base worldwide.

Her books, The School Gates and Christmas Evie won awards for Best Author Read at The Festival of Romance in 2012 and 2014 respectively and Let Love Win was nominated in 2013.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B009583W2G
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 534 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 289 pages
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Nicola May is a rom-com superstar. She is the author of seventeen romantic comedies, all of which have appeared in the Kindle bestseller charts. The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay became the best-selling Kindle book in the UK, across all genres, in January 2019, and was Amazon’s third-bestselling novel in that year. It spawned three sequels, followed by the hit Ferry Lane Market trilogy. She is now published in 15 languages.

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Sue A
5.0 out of 5 stars A really good read!
Reviewed in the United States on 8 February 2014
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thoroughly enjoyed this book. Got a little confused at first with so many characters but once I established who was who....just loved it.
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Isabella
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Reviewed in Italy on 6 February 2015
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A new author for me, and I loved this book! As it usually happens, I could not put it down, and finished it in the small hours. I just had to get to the end.
A Richard Curtis film with more than a sprinkle of Desperate Housewives.
Sad truths behind a story with a happy ending of course, but with a bittersweet aftertaste of reality.
You'll love it even if you don't have children of your own.
I will definitely look for other books from this author!
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shanny
5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful and funny read!
Reviewed in France on 13 January 2014
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Was a great read albeit a little slow and confusing in the begining. Very entertaining as well. I can relate to some of the characters here. The writer may not have her own kids to experience herself. But she manage to capture the sense of how hectic and demanding life could get with school going children, which I really apreciate.

At the school gates really tells us of the different lives mothers or fathers whom we normally see and chat with outside the school gates. They may look great etc but one will never know what is behind each and every parents' story. This book really capture the sense of that. Most importantly the sense of friendship/companionship/solidarity amongst parents is what gets us through the day.

There are really funny scenes: pretty little au pair and recently jilted gay dad, sad: loosing a husband after having him back, narrowing: married mum and bistro owner getting it on etc. All worth the read to find out.
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Fabulous Book Fiend
5.0 out of 5 stars A true representation!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 January 2013
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I was really looking forward to this book, not just because I am a teacher who stands welcoming parents at the school gate every morning! This author hooks the reader into the story straight away, introducing each of the families featured in the book, as if each family is a character in itself, I really enjoyed the opening and felt immersed in what was going on in the story right from the word go. It was fabulous as well because each of the families was a completely different unit, realistically representing each of the families that meet at school gates all over the country every morning, Nicola May did really well to portray this so realistically!

The setting of the school was also completely realistic, based on a real school that made me quite jealous, it sounded so lovely. I'm not normally a massive fan of novels that aren't set in big cities, but I found this setting really easy to picture as the community as a whole was described really well. Once I had been hooked in by the initial character introductions, the novel carried on being a total page turner! The characters' stories were relatable but there were so many twists and turns I found myself gasping out loud! I laughed at parts, especially some of the school commits parts that I could totally recognise, but I shed a few tears too. Parts of every day life are dealt with that might make the reader uncomfortable, but they do happen every day to people like this and so I completely understand them being included in the book!

This was a fabulous,y easy read that has a bit of everything in, a bit like a really meaty soap opera with a bit of extra feeling behind it. I would love to find out what happens next to some of the characters as they move on, perhaps the teacher featured in the book could have a story of his own to tell? Whether you experience The School Gates on a daily basis or not, I think you will find something to enjoy within the pages of this book!
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Margaret O'Reilly
5.0 out of 5 stars I throughly enjoyed this book!
Reviewed in the United States on 10 May 2013
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The charactors I met at The School Gate had a real world feel, with universally understood problems,told in a way reminiscent of Maeve Binchy.
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