Book review by Ainsley!

Fiona Neill’s Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy was my first prize read on my recent holiday! Based on a newspaper column of the same name, this book had me in stitches on my sun lounger. It’s a sweet tale of Lucy Sweeny (our slummy mummy) and her allies (Yummy Mummy, Sexy Domesticated Dad) as she struggles to gain domestic order as a stay-at-home-mum, something she’s found far more challenging than her previous career as Newsnight producer. Lucy and her three little boys dodge one entertainingly funny disaster after the next.

Lucy’s arch nemesis, Alpha mum, wastes no opportunity to ridicule her (lack of) parenting skills and general slumminess, which include turning up at the gates in pyjamas. With her three boys running rampage around their North London home, it’s not long before she starts lusting after Sexy Domesticated Dad – spelling only one thing, and that’s trouble.

Read this book for the comedy – switch your brain into neutral and enjoy Fiona Neill’s easy way of raising a giggle or three. The finale is dramatic; fast paced and will have you rooting for Lucy until the end. It’s perfect laughter therapy for after a hard day.

Rating: 4/5

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