The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy |
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Author:
Fiona Neill
By Arrow Books Ltd
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: £6.99
Our Price: £1.50
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780099502883
ISBN: 0099502887
Label: Arrow Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Arrow Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: 2008-01-31
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Studio: Arrow Books Ltd |
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I just had to keep reading...., 2008-12-06
This book was ok to begin with, I actually thought about returning it because I couldn't get in to it. I like a book witha clear storyling right from the begining and I felt that this one didn't have one. But, I carried on reading and thought I'd give it a chance and I'm pleased I did because in the end I could NOT STOP reading it. I read it everywhere I could, on the bus, in the morning, having lunch. I was really taken in by Lucy and all the mishaps in her life.
I really do reccomended this because you'll laugh and really feel something for all the characters.
The secret life of slummy mummy, 2008-11-21
This book is very funny. I really related to the characture. The writting is smooth you just want to carry on reading. It took me 2 days to read.
Easy entertainment, 2008-11-13
This was slightly different from the usual puerile mummy lit touted about. Whilst being scatty yet endearing, Lucy was also very real and I liked the book for its comic yet grown up observations of motherhood. There were flaws and aspects that were very unrealistic - the celebrity dad character for one...no mention of the paparazzi, this man wandered about in situations that I just couldn't believe or visualise. On the whole however, it was entertaining and a candid insight into the world of a less than perfect (you may even say normal) mum. The stereotypes were uncannily accurate and I'll certainly observe the playground for some real life examples in future!! One thing though, it was a shame Neill 'dumbed' Lucy down so much - surely no-one can be that relentlessly disorganised?!
I loved it!, 2008-10-29
I identified totally with the "Slummy Mummy." Excellent chick lit. It was recommended by Tony Horne in the Morning on Metro Radio.
So much more, 2008-08-24
Although I laugh when I read the columns in The Times, I preferred the novel by some distance. A better opportunity to see the characters in more depth, without the restraint of 500 words a week. The book is hugely enjoyable. Though there has already been much said about how hilarious it is - and it is! - there is more to it. Unlike many of the other 'chick lit' genre into which this is often put, there is no showing off in this book; it is carefully crafted - not thrown together - and beautifully plotted. Although at times uproarious, it handles the vicissitudes of hurtling towards middle age in a gentle and humane way. I loved it!
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