Why Mummy Drinks is the brilliant novel from Gill Sims, the author of the online sensation Peter and Jane.
Boy Child Peter, Girl Child Jane and Daddy have exciting adventures with Mummy. Daddy likes gadgets. Peter and Jane like starting fires, trying to kill each other and driving Mummy to drink. Written from the point of view of an exhausted mummy at the end of the day, it's honest, it's funny, and it's a little bit sweary.
It is Mummy's 39th birthday. She is staring down the barrel at a future of people asking if she wants to come to their yoga class, and book clubs, where everyone is wearing statement scarves and they are all 'tiddly' after a glass of Pinot Grigio. But Mummy does not want to go quietly into that good night of women with sensible haircuts who 'live for their children', boasting about Boy Child and Girl Child's achievements. Instead, she clutches a large glass of wine, muttering FML over and over, and then remembers the gem of an idea she's had.
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[First day back at school. I am going to 100 per cent nail being a school mummy this year. I can absolutely do this]***
(HarperCollins, 19 October 2017, copy provided by the publisher via NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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This is my first time reading the author.
I adored Why Mummy Drinks. This is a fantastic example of those feel good books that make you all warm inside and want to hug things.
I loved Ellen's voice, she's a great example of a modern woman, a mother trying to juggle work and life and a zillion other things.
Why Mummy Drinks is hilarious at times, the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud (and then peek around you hoping nobody heard). My face ached from laughing.
It's not all fun and games and there are some sad moments as well, but the humour and love Ellen clearly has for her husband and kids shone through.
