A mum flew out to Ibiza for a girls' holiday to make sure her debut novel would be accurate and after feeling she had lost her identity when she had a baby.
Sophie McCartney, a 38-year-old comedian from Allerton, planned in some sunny research for her book Mother Hens about a hen do that descends into chaos. Luckily for author Sophie, her holiday stayed firmly focused on fun.
She said: “I was meant to go before covid. Then, in the middle of writing, we could travel again and I thought I can’t write about Ibiza if I’ve never been there.”
