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lucyp747d4's review
5.0
I’d like to thank NetGalley and Harper Collins UK for approving me for an ARC of this book.
I am a huge fan of the Why Mummy series, written by Gill Sims and to say I was gutted about the series finishing last year would be an understatement. I was devastated! Gill Sims has become my parenting bible and knowing their would be no more instalments was unthinkable. When I saw this book pop up on NetGalley I did a happy dance and requested straightaway. I then saw the audio as available on Scribd so downloaded it immediately.
I am pleased to say that Gill Sims did not disappoint! The tears of laughter were falling by then end of the first chapter and there were many more moments after. The way Gill Sims captures not just the parenting moments but life as a female and the tangled friendships is pure perfection. The delivery was sublime and by the end I felt like one of the Saturday night Sauvignon sisterhood.
When Claire’s life is turned upside down by her husband’s affair with her best friend she feels like she has to start all over again. The two most important people in her life (besides her children) have now vanished and she feels she has no one. Through sheer coincidence she meets Lucy, Kate and Mary. These three women are fantastic! Whether it’s Lucy with her candid nature and ability to make a joke out of any scenario, Mary the tired young mum wanting to escape the endless drama and tantrums or Kate the mother hen of the group coping with her own loss they each brought heart and soul to the story.
Through a series of days out and trying new things these women provide us with much hilarity but there were also moments of emotion where you saw the bond that they had all formed. It was also refreshing to see many different forms of motherhood, relationship status and stages of life. This wasn’t a book about divorced women coming together to hate all men, this was female solidarity at its best and showed what it meant to be a part of a true sisterhood.
All I can say is I hope Gill Sims carries on writing as her ability to make me laugh and cry from one sentence to the next is the best feeling in the world. This book deserves all the stars and will definitely be up their in my top reads of the year!
I am a huge fan of the Why Mummy series, written by Gill Sims and to say I was gutted about the series finishing last year would be an understatement. I was devastated! Gill Sims has become my parenting bible and knowing their would be no more instalments was unthinkable. When I saw this book pop up on NetGalley I did a happy dance and requested straightaway. I then saw the audio as available on Scribd so downloaded it immediately.
I am pleased to say that Gill Sims did not disappoint! The tears of laughter were falling by then end of the first chapter and there were many more moments after. The way Gill Sims captures not just the parenting moments but life as a female and the tangled friendships is pure perfection. The delivery was sublime and by the end I felt like one of the Saturday night Sauvignon sisterhood.
When Claire’s life is turned upside down by her husband’s affair with her best friend she feels like she has to start all over again. The two most important people in her life (besides her children) have now vanished and she feels she has no one. Through sheer coincidence she meets Lucy, Kate and Mary. These three women are fantastic! Whether it’s Lucy with her candid nature and ability to make a joke out of any scenario, Mary the tired young mum wanting to escape the endless drama and tantrums or Kate the mother hen of the group coping with her own loss they each brought heart and soul to the story.
Through a series of days out and trying new things these women provide us with much hilarity but there were also moments of emotion where you saw the bond that they had all formed. It was also refreshing to see many different forms of motherhood, relationship status and stages of life. This wasn’t a book about divorced women coming together to hate all men, this was female solidarity at its best and showed what it meant to be a part of a true sisterhood.
All I can say is I hope Gill Sims carries on writing as her ability to make me laugh and cry from one sentence to the next is the best feeling in the world. This book deserves all the stars and will definitely be up their in my top reads of the year!
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