Penny Rushmore is back in

Head Over Heels a stiletto-sharp sequel to A Sandwich Short of a Picnic

Penny Rushmore has a name to live up to. As she rushes from one crisis to another, Penny exemplifies the lot of women in their 40s and 50s who have become the Sandwich Generation – sandwiched between the demands of ageing parents, teenagers and a career, as well as all the other madness that life throws at her. Still adapting to life without Steve, Penny’s first setback comes when she hears that the glamorous young woman Steve took off with is pregnant.

According to Penny’s daughter, Charlotte, Steve and Jacinta are head over heels about each other. According to Penny’s son, Charlotte is also head over heels about her new boyfriend. And it looks like her elderly father is still head over heels about his wife, despite her advanced dementia. Or is he? Is he tipping over the edge, and is Penny going with him?

Funny and fast-paced, Head Over Heels will resonate with women everywhere who feel sandwiched between the needs of work and family, who spend far too much time trying to please everybody and satisfy no-one, and who wonder if they will ever have time for themselves.