Bank Top, home of The Bad Mother's Handbook

Three of my novels are set in the fictional Lancashire village of Bank Top, a place loosely based on Blackrod, near Wigan, where I grew up. This is a page about that place and those books.
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a man sitting at a desk in front of a computer monitor with his hand on his head
From the casting tapes.
two children are hugging each other in front of a table
First kiss between Charlotte and Daniel.
a young man wearing glasses and a red jacket standing in front of a brick building
Plucks up courage to knock on Charlotte's front door.
a man with glasses and a scarf around his neck
Blue as a boy can be.
two people standing next to each other in a room
Daniel gets angry.
a man and woman sitting on a couch with their hands folded in front of them
Karen and the unlucky Leo (Catherine Tate and Steve Pemberton).
the bad mother's hand book dvd cover with an image of two women and a man
Australian DVD cover.
there are many children's books on the shelf next to a violin and book bag
And the rest.
there is a sign that says bad mothers united in front of some bookshelves
Yay Waterstones!
a woman with red hair is looking at the camera
Foxy Karen.
a woman laying in bed with her eyes closed and holding something up to the camera
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Ready to give birth!
bad mothers united the number one besteller by kate long book review and giveaway
Bad Mothers United - this is the sequel to The Bad Mother's Handbook, if you want to read more about Daniel, Charlotte, Karen et al.
the bad mother's handbook is written on a pink piece of paper with black writing
TV script signed by Anne Reid, Catherine Tate and Holliday Grainger.
the text on the screen reads,'this book made me laugh loud and i am not recommending it
I've had some cracking reviews over the years (and also some stinkers), but this is probably my favourite ever:
an older woman sitting at a table in a living room
Trailer for The Bad Mother's Handbook
The UK trailer.