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  • Why Mummy Drinks

  • Why Mummy, Book 1
  • By: Gill Sims
  • Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
  • Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (334 ratings)

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Why Mummy Drinks

By: Gill Sims
Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
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Publisher's summary

Why Mummy Drinks is the brilliant novel from Gill Sims, the author of the online sensation Peter and Jane.

It is Mummy's 39th birthday. She is staring down the barrel of a future of people asking if she wants to come to their advanced yoga classes and polite book clubs where everyone claims to be tiddly after a glass of Pinot Grigio and says things like 'oooh gosh, are you having another glass?'

But Mummy does not want to go quietly into that good night of women with sensible haircuts who 'live for their children' and stand in the playground trying to trump each other with their offsprings' extracurricular activities and achievements and boasting about their latest holidays.

Instead, she clutches a large glass of wine, muttering 'FML' over and over again. Until she remembers the gem of an idea she's had....

©2017 Gill Sims (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
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I really enjoyed this book. It was a refreshing take on being a working mother & all types of modern issues!

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Loved every minute - laugh out loud funny

Loved it!!! Left me wanting for more and what to read from this author next

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Splendid

I think most moms will find this to be something they can relate to in some funny ways. I laughed out loud.

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Wonderful!!!

This book es wonderful, witty, funny and I cannot day enough good things about the narrator. I absolutely loved it!

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So funny!!!

I loved listening to this hilariously relatable book! I hope there’s another like it for dads I think my husband would enjoy it

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Soundtrack of My Life

If you change the narrator to a black woman from the south then this would basically be the soundtrack of my life. Why Mummy Drinks makes me feel so much less crazy but simultaneously makes me realize how crazy I look to everyone else all at once. But I love this book and I absolutely recommend it to Mums everywhere. Turns out we're all a little nuts.

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Very entertaining

It is a casual book that made me lough often. But also very deep as it talks about our vulnerabilities but also the good in everybody

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Bloody marvellous! Loved the narrator, laughed out loud, I really enjoyed this book! I think every Mum could relate.

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