The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy

For Lucy Sweeney, motherhood isn't all astanga yoga and Cath Kidston prints. It has been years since the dirty washing pile was less than a metre high, months since Lucy remembered to have sex with her husband, and a week since she last did the school run wearing pyjamas.

When Husband on a Short Fuse is no contest for the distractions of Sexy Domesticated Dad; Yummy Mummy No 1 has more cash flow than parenting advice; and Alpha Mum is putting a slur on your questionable domestic habits, it's hard to remember exactly why anyone would give up a career and their sanity for three raucous sons and less than blissful domesticity.

Lucy is living in a state of permanent emergency and the white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and illicit desire are about to be exposed ...

An irresistible first novel about the dilemmas of motherhood and modern marriage for those who never discovered their domestic goddess within.




Why Readers Love Slummy Mummy:

'This is one of the few books that I can remember ever reading and laughing out loud at the same time.'

`It is laugh out loud funny and keeps you giggling thinking about passages ages after. The characters are great, which is partly why it is so hard to put down.'

`This funny book opened my eyes to this whole new universe of yummy, alpha, slummy and all other mummies....I have since bought it for all my friends who are having a topsy turvy time with motherhood.'

`Beautifully written. Then there's the story itself, crafted cleverly, funny and in the end unashamedly positive.'

`It is achingly funny yet also sad, peppered with nostalgia, it's also thought provoking and desperately romantic (who hasn't had mad notions of illicit affairs in our heads...?)'

`Intelligent, thought provoking and horribly familiar. It pinpoints the insecurities, dreams and realities of women today, whether you're single, horribly attached or happily married. I couldn't put it down.'