Another hilarious instalment from Gill Sims: this light-hearted, easy read is guaranteed to make you smile and reminisce about the teenage years, either your children's or your own.
Peter and Jane are now teenagers, in the midst of their GCSE's and A-Levels and, in Jane's case, preparing for university life. Ellen meanwhile, is conflicted between the potential freedom that this will bring and the potential loneliness that comes from no longer being "needed" by her children.
However, first there is the all-important matter of ensuring the teenagers revise, eat healthily, pass their driving test, don't get too drunk, don't spend their life on Instagram/games consoles and occasionally sleep. How Ellen has time for friends and a love life is beyond me.
As always, Ellen takes on the burdens of others as well as her own. Her ex-husband Simon shares his new girlfriend woes and her best friend Hannah finds it hard to cope with her feral toddler (we've all been there) along with her teenagers and busy husband.
It is not all fun and games though as Ellen does give us frequent glimpses into the painful reality of single parenting as well as parenting from a working mother's perspective. However, the casual care free style of writing doesn't make the reader become bogged down in this: it only makes Ellen and her life much more real to us.
Why Mummy's Sloshed is so relatable - from spending a fortune on ParentPay to trying to get sudocrem out of the carpet to shouting "love you darling" very loudly to embarrass your kids - everything is so honest and real, it was a pleasure to read.
I feel like Ellen and I would be good mates and would cackle with the best of them over a bottle or three of pinot grigio. In saying that, my boys haven't reached the teenage stage yet and I'm not sure this book is making me look forward to all the smells that come with them!
Peter and Jane are now teenagers, in the midst of their GCSE's and A-Levels and, in Jane's case, preparing for university life. Ellen meanwhile, is conflicted between the potential freedom that this will bring and the potential loneliness that comes from no longer being "needed" by her children.
However, first there is the all-important matter of ensuring the teenagers revise, eat healthily, pass their driving test, don't get too drunk, don't spend their life on Instagram/games consoles and occasionally sleep. How Ellen has time for friends and a love life is beyond me.
As always, Ellen takes on the burdens of others as well as her own. Her ex-husband Simon shares his new girlfriend woes and her best friend Hannah finds it hard to cope with her feral toddler (we've all been there) along with her teenagers and busy husband.
It is not all fun and games though as Ellen does give us frequent glimpses into the painful reality of single parenting as well as parenting from a working mother's perspective. However, the casual care free style of writing doesn't make the reader become bogged down in this: it only makes Ellen and her life much more real to us.
Why Mummy's Sloshed is so relatable - from spending a fortune on ParentPay to trying to get sudocrem out of the carpet to shouting "love you darling" very loudly to embarrass your kids - everything is so honest and real, it was a pleasure to read.
I feel like Ellen and I would be good mates and would cackle with the best of them over a bottle or three of pinot grigio. In saying that, my boys haven't reached the teenage stage yet and I'm not sure this book is making me look forward to all the smells that come with them!