My Messed-Up Life by Susin Nielsen

In this book we meet Violet who's struggling to adapt along with her younger sister Rosie to life without their dad at home after he was caught cheating on their mum and left them for her, as well as his new twins.

To make it worse her mum then tries dating ending up with a guy called Dudley Wiener, of all names. Convinced he's not right for her mum she sets her mind on splitting them up and finding George Clooney her mum's celebrity crush whom she met once.

Along with a fun ridiculous escapade hardly believable this was a short but still entertaining read about single parents and dating again. We also see Violet rebuilding her relationship with her father after a rather harsh incident takes place.