Gucci Mamas

By Cate Kendall

Book Overview

Desperate Housewives meets Melbourne Yummy Mummies. Once a down-to-earth girl who loved her freckles as much as sailing with her carefree husband, one day Mim Woolcott wakes up to find she is keeping Prada, Louis Vuitton and numerous day spas in business and her life has descended into a merry-go-round of shopping, backstabbing and snobbery. Welcome to the world of Gucci Mamas, where every day Mim has to negotiate the Carpark Mafia and the Mothers Superior as she drops her children off at the most prestigious school in Melbourne. But in between keeping up with the Joneses - or in this case the Mason-Jacksons - cracks are starting to show in Mim's perfect life as money gets tighter and her husband works ever longer hours. If her two best friends have similar problems, Mim would never know - the Gucci Mamas are far too busy picking their outfits for the races and having manicures to notice each other's troubles. Something's got to give, and it will take a catastrophic, life-changing event to bring Mim to her senses. But will it be too late? Wryly funny and frighteningly sharply observed, with characters who are all too real, Gucci Mamas will have you hooked from the first page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863255656
• ISBN13: 9781863255653
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

HOW TO CLAW YOUR WAY UP THE SOCIAL LADDER

Brilliant story. Ever wondered what it could like if your child went to the most expensive private school. The mothers would feel obligated to dress with designer clothes, shoes, jewellery, sunglasses, everything just has to designer everything!!!!!!! The car has to be the right make!!! The hair has to be done by the right hairdresser and the nails perfect. This story is SO funny but you will be shaking your head so often thinking why are they doing this it's so crazy!!!!! This story is essential reading why you should NOT keep up with the Jones!!!!!! The story is based around 4 friends who all have children around the same age and we read about each of their lives and problems and their efforts to look just RIGHT!!!! So they can claw their way up the social ladder. I don't often give 5 stars but this story is worth it.