People Like Her
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by Ellery Lloyd
Publication Date: January 12, 2021
Publisher: Harper
Hardcover: 288 Pages
Publisher Description
A razor-sharp, wickedly smart suspense debut about an ambitious influencer mom whose soaring success threatens her marriage, her morals, and her family’s safety.
Followed by Millions, Watched by One
To her adoring fans, Emmy Jackson, aka @the_mamabare, is the honest “Instamum” who always tells it like it is.
To her skeptical husband, a washed-up novelist who knows just how creative Emmy can be with the truth, she is a breadwinning powerhouse chillingly brilliant at monetizing the intimate details of their family life.
To one of Emmy’s dangerously obsessive followers, she’s the woman that has everything—but deserves none of it.
As Emmy’s marriage begins to crack under the strain of her growing success and her moral compass veers wildly off course, the more vulnerable she becomes to a very real danger circling ever closer to her family.
In this deeply addictive tale of psychological suspense, Ellery Lloyd raises important questions about technology, social media celebrity, and the way we live today. Probing the dark side of influencer culture and the perils of parenting online, People Like Her explores our desperate need to be seen and the lengths we’ll go to be liked by strangers. It asks what—and who—we sacrifice when make our private lives public, and ultimately lose control of who we let in. . . .
About the author
Ellery Lloyd is the pseudonym for London-based husband-and-wife writing team Collette Lyons and Paul Vlitos.
Read more about Ellery ON THEIR WEBSITE
Praise
“Just inhaled People Like Her in a single sitting. A cautionary tale for instafluencers everywhere. Breathlessly fast, brilliantly original. Bravo, Ellery Lloyd!” — Clare Mackintosh, New York Times bestselling author of After the End
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“A gripping and timely exploration of the darker side of internet fame, People Like Her is a tense page-turner sure to keep you up past your bedtime!” — Katherine St. John, author of The Lion’s Den
“Social media has never been so dark or so compelling. A disturbing peek into the world of influencers and how it affects their families, People Like Her had me hooked right up to the jaw-dropping end.” — Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of My Lovely Wife and He Started It
“Clever and sharp . . . a well-timed story reminiscent of Gone Girl and Caroline Kepnes’ You. Learning the complicated and ‘grass isn’t always greener’ details of the influence lifestyle is another fascinating aspect of this book, and will have readers thinking twice before daydreaming about those ‘perfect’ lives on Instagram.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Suspenseful, thought-provoking, clever, and I suspected everyone. The insights into human nature were spot-on, the characters felt true to life and I was genuinely gripped . . . A truly brilliant and a refreshingly original read.” — Karen Hamilton, author of The Last Wife and The Perfect Girlfriend