The Kicking the Bucket List: A funny and feel-good bestseller – the perfect uplifting read for 2021

Mum always knows best… The stunning debut for fans of Celia Imrie and Dawn French. Meet the daughters of Iris Parker. Dee; sensitive and big-hearted; Rose uptight and controlled and Fleur the reckless free spirit. At the reading of their mother’s will, the three estranged women are aghast to discover that their inheritance comes with very tricky strings attached. If they are to inherit her wealth, they must spend a series of weekends together over the course of a year and carry out their mother’s ‘bucket list’. But one year doesn’t seem like nearly enough time for them to move past the decades-old layers of squabbles and misunderstandings. Can they grow up for once and see that Iris’s bucket list was about so much more than money… This top-rated fiction brings to life the humorous and often complicated dynamics of a family. The daughters, each with their own quirks, are pushed to resolve their past grievances and honour their mother's legacy. For fans of Judy Leigh (The Vintage Village Bake Off), Kristin Hannah (The Women), Clare Pooley (The People on Platform 5), Beth O'Leary (The Wake-Up Call), and Veronica Henry (An Eligible Bachelor).