Why Mummy Drinks

By Gill Sims

Book Overview

Why Mommy 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 Mommy. Daddy likes gadgets. Peter and Jane like starting fires, trying to kill each other and driving Mommy to drink. Written from the point of view of an exhausted mommy at the end of the day, it's honest, it's funny, and it's a little bit sweary.

It is Mommy'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 Mommy 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 000830016X
• ISBN13: 9780008300166
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Spit Your Wine Out Funny

I loved this book! Though a quite easy read, it was also hilarious and had me spitting my wine out with laughter at multiple points. If you are a mother who likes wine, satire, and doesn’t take yourself too seriously than I highly recommend this book.
That being said, if you do take yourself serious, don’t get satire, or are easily offended; maybe skip this one. She makes multiple stabs at quinoa muffin forcing, sancti-mummies. Regardless though, the overall theme of the book (once you get there) is that regardless of feeling judged by these mummies, they also feel judged by the other mummies, and maybe we are all just doing the best we can; no way is really the right way.
I’ve seen a lot of people complain about the stereotypes in this book, of which there are many. I for one, love them. Just because something is a stereotype, doesn’t make it untrue. Ellen was me in so many ways, except that I am a stay at home mother, not a working mom. I drink, I judge, I yell, my husband works a lot and doesn’t necessarily pay as much attention as I would like, I don’t ever feel like I have my life in order, and the stereotypical main character who portrays this in the books is exactly what I needed to read in order to realize that I am not as alone as I often feel.