Clearly I’m not going to name names (well, not unless you buy me a gin or two!) but you will totally recognise people you know. There are people in it – from the school gates / friends / family – who you will recognise IMMEDIATELY. Giving the Savoy bathrobes some good press for once! There was also a family trip to The Savoy – which we did last year (and the stress about not having WAG style luggage was real!) – and the swimming pool, that we loved, got a mention too. The book is written in the style of a diary – school year diary not calendar year diary – and all the major events are covered! Christmas was a particular favourite for me – but I won’t ruin it for you by telling you what happens. Equally I have a 14 year old who insists on still taking the 6+ sweets style Calpol rather than proper paracetamol tablets – I’m not sure 6+ Calpol is designed for period pain……. I have to say I enjoyed it straight away! There have been other books written about motherhood – Hurrah for Gin‘s springs to mind immediately as one I’ve reviewed – and they were good, but in this, Peter and Jane are 8 and 6 – almost exactly the same age as my youngest two children, and so it was sooooo much more currently relevant than newborn related books.Īs well as laughing (and shaking in an attempt not to wake my sleeping husband) – I was nodding in total agreement (I have a 6 year old who still wants to keep taking the lovely pink Calpol and not to have to have the 6+ version. Until she remembers the gem of an idea she’s had…” Instead, she clutches a large glass of wine, muttering ‘FML’ over and over again.

She is staring down the barrel of a future of people asking if she wants to come to their advanced yoga classes, and polite book clubs where everyone claims to be tiddly after a glass of Pinot Grigio and says things like ‘Oooh gosh, are you having another glass?’īut 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 each other with their offspring’s extracurricular activities and achievements, and boasting about their latest holidays. “Why Mummy Drinks is the brilliant novel from Gill Sims, the author of the online sensation Peter and Jane. I’m not sure if it is a bit concerning that she chose a book called ‘Why Mummy Drinks’, I’m hoping she realised it was a novel and wasn’t giving me a self help book?!?!?Īnother friend had raved about this last year – and I have read some of Gill Sims Facebook posts about ‘Peter and Jane’ which spawned this book – so I was looking forward to it.

I arrived home from work the other evening to find that our lovely nanny had left a copy of this book on my desk to read.

Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims