Lila Mackay Finds Life Very Unfair

PREORDER — Expected release: 01 December 2026. This book is not yet available. Dispatch is subject to supplier availability and publication-date changes.

The No.1 bestselling author of the Why Mummy series is back with her second book for young YA readers!

In the throes of her first heartbreak, 14yo Emily flees to her dad's house to lick her wounds. To make things worse, she's fallen out with her best friend Poppy about it all. No one can possibly understand how awful she feels.But through another of her mother's old diaries from the 90s, Emily learns that Lila Mackay's teen love life was also messy, unfair, and filled with misunderstandings that resulted in a dreadful break-up with her first love, Nicky. Emily soon realises how much more important her best friend is than a dumb boy.But she has a funny feeling that perhaps Nicky was her mum's true love all along. Can Emily reunite with Poppy and work together to give her mum the happy ending she deserves?

About the author

Gill Sims is the author and illustrator of the hugely successful parenting blog and Facebook site 'Peter and Jane'. She lives in Scotland with her husband, two children and a recalcitrant rescue Border Terrier, who rules the house.
Gill's interests include drinking wine, wasting time on social media, trying and failing to recapture her lost youth and looking for the dog when he decides to go on one of his regular jaunts.