Why Mummy Swears: The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller

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This was a particular issue when a very long essay on a subsidiary, but related, topic appeared mid-sentence in parentheses – by the time I got to the end of the essay I had trouble picking up the continuation of the original sentence as I was off in a different place, different time-zone, different planet! I will confess right now that I must be the only mama at the nursery gate who hasn’t read Why Mummy Drinks.

Reading Why Mummy Swears will be to some mummies just like having that 5pm snifter – it makes you feel that little bit better. I did appreciate the author’s observations of the humour in everyday situations, and the honesty in the mother’s responses and thoughts. This hilarious novel – written in diary format – was so brilliantly observed and packed with so many true-to-life incidents that I found myself nodding along and laughing out loud frequently.In the end I suppose that’s what marriage comes down to – finding the one special person you want to annoy and be annoyed by for the rest of your life. Having said that, the logic and syntax of these “stream of consciousness” ramblings is actually impeccable – it just takes a bit of following! Trying to live up to her single party-girl image at work as well as running a household single-handedly proves to be something of a challenge. Mummy’s marriage is feeling the strain, her kids are running wild and the house is steadily developing a forest of mould.

With a house that needs constant upkeep and children who are making constant demands, Ellen decides she needs to go back to work to earn some much needed cash. However Ellen soon became the voice of reason, the mama who was doing her best, the mama who still had ambition, the mama who wasn’t perfect and the mama who I was cheering for at every turn of a page.

Now after reading the sequel, Why Mummy Swears, to Gill Sims debut novel I can honestly say that I’m itching to go back to the start and read that first book. 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.