- Hardcover: 340 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (15 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340818816
- ISBN-13: 978-0340818817
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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'Off-beat, snappy, unusual and fresh'
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'A witty tale with a fresh outlook on parenting for the modern woman'
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't listen to the reviewers who slate this book - if you're a mum you'll really find it funny!
Sheila Hayman really captures the panic and paranoia that set in once you conceive and only get worse once you give birth!
Sheila Hayman really captures the panic and paranoia that set in once you conceive and only get worse once you give birth!
The only problem with this book is it makes you realise how dramatically your life really has changed since having children and how it will never be the same again.
Yes, ok, it's chic-lit, and at times, it's a bit cheesy, but it's chic-lit with a difference:
For starters, it's aimed at people who've grown out of the chic-lit lifestyle (or rather your child has forced you to grow out of it! constant breast-feeding and your ballooning size soon puts an end to late-night cocktail bars and flirting with city types!)
And secondly, it's written in a kind of unusual style - there's e-mails, diary entries (even from the foetus) and ansaphone messages. It's almost like you're prying on their lives without anyone being the narrator. It's a novel narrative style.
There's no plot as such; more a series of little anecdotes and incidents but that's what makes it readable - especially if you're snatching the odd moment between breast-feeds!
Many of the things you'll only find funny if you're a mother. Like, the endless bits of conflicting advice you get, the mad crazy vegan organic mums that simply crawl out of the woodwork once you've had a child, and the conviction that everyone around you is having a better life - particularly your husband who you're convinced is definitely having an affair!
If you've just had a baby, read this - it will make you feel you're not alone!
If you're expecting - buy it, but don't read it yet - it will only panic you!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Blimey! How anyone could stay riveted (an essential component for a Chick Lit genre novel) during the endless ranting twaddle of this "story" (and I use the term lightly), I do not know. I read at least one of these genre of books per week and consider myself something of an expert. The only character I even remotely liked was Ernestine (the frivolous best friend component). I finished reading this novel yesterday and I have already forgotten the lead character's name. I too became an expert at skipping pages and alarmingly do not feel I missed anything of any importance from the rambling plot. I found the baby's over-detailed thoughts in all their minutiae particularly laborious and dull. Reading this book was a punishment from start to finish. Don't bother buying it. Wait til it turns up in your dentist's waiting room in about 6 months time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the worse book I have ever read!(and I read a lot). It is set out in diary form and tries to be unconventional but this ends up actually making it so boring that I became super at skipping pages. Can readers really find it interesting to read a made-up shopping bill or restaurant bill! I cannot even call this book a 'novel' there is very little interesting story and if you think it'll be a humourous read if you are expecting or have a baby, think again! Whatever you do with your money do not buy this rubbish!
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