Anna Whitehouse & Matt Farquharson

Part One - Quarantine

They are the authors of two bestselling works of non-fiction: Where's My Happy Ending? and Parenting the Sh*t Out of Life. They have both been journalists for more than 10 years, have written for dozens of publications, and Anna hosts her own radio show on Heart.

Together they are Mother and Papa Pukka, and with Quarantine, they made their fiction debut - one of the earliest published stories during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A couple decide to divorce. They can be civil. No need for expensive lawyers. So they tell their twin boys that Daddy’s going to live somewhere else.

But by 5pm the city is in lockdown and this fracturing family find themselves confined to their poky flat...

Anna and Matt’s first foray into fiction is a dark, funny and moving study of family, the emotional toll of isolation, the threat of a lethal virus, and where we go next.

Part Two - Divide & Conquer

'We're wading through the childcare quagmire as best we can. It's all-hands-on-deck. And it's messy, stressy, wonky and punctuated with arguments. But its equal graft.'

Bestselling authors Anna Whitehouse and Matt Farquharson return with Divide and Conquer, a unique and honest account of facing up to the perils of modern-day parenthood.

Relationship? What relationship?

Drawn from the writers' expertise and tireless Flex Appeal campaigning, the project is split into two A6 parts.

In Divide, each gives a separate, warts-and-all perspective on how having children affected their lives - mind, body, work, and the struggles in between.

In Conquer, Anna and Matt come together in the wake of their divorce to offer real and workable advice on how to make parenting work for you. And how to navigate the eye-watering reality of childcare.

For wannabee parents, parents to be, new parents, co-parents, single parents and parents of any other stripes, Divide and Conquer is a little black manifesto for doing things your own way, (together or apart). However that looks.