As a mother of a grown up daughter myself, I cringe when anybody mentions the word `Teenager', because even though it is many years since we have had a teenager in the house, I can still remember how awful it was. So I, and I expect many other mothers ( if not all mothers) can identify with the poor woman in the story.
The main character is called `Mummy' , aka. Ellen who is in her 40`s, separated from her husband ( her children`s father) and has two teenage children . She is struggling to bring up the children by herself, work in a demanding job and run a home. The story starts when her daughter ,who just about to turn 18, needs a lift to her driving test. The daughter leaves it to the last minute because she does not want to get out of bed and her mother threatens to go without her. The irony of this left me in stitches before the story had even started.
Although this book could be very depressing with the thought of a woman on her own with her teenage children driving her to drink ( because Ellen does drink, a lot and often), it is actually a very funny book.
The main character is called `Mummy' , aka. Ellen who is in her 40`s, separated from her husband ( her children`s father) and has two teenage children . She is struggling to bring up the children by herself, work in a demanding job and run a home. The story starts when her daughter ,who just about to turn 18, needs a lift to her driving test. The daughter leaves it to the last minute because she does not want to get out of bed and her mother threatens to go without her. The irony of this left me in stitches before the story had even started.
Although this book could be very depressing with the thought of a woman on her own with her teenage children driving her to drink ( because Ellen does drink, a lot and often), it is actually a very funny book.