A real multi-generational read with appeal for the young male market whilst still appealing to women; the male and female readers of author such as Nick Hornby and Tony Parsons will love this book This novel is to be adapted into a film by Fox Searchlight, makers of Notes on a Scandal, Little Miss Sunshine, Last King of Scotland, and Sideways Whatever Makes You Happy is the natural sequel to William Sutcliffe's must-read Are You Experienced?, which sold almost 100,000 copies

Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their thirties, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: their mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. On the same day, they turn up on their sons' doorsteps, uninvited and unannounced. Their plan is to reestablish the mother-son bond by moving in for one week. Just a week. Surely that's not a lot to ask