Slummy Mummy - by Fiona Neill (Paperback)

About the Book

In this smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mom, Neill writes about the dilemmas of modern marriage and motherhood for those who have never discovered their inner domestic goddess.

Book Synopsis

A smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mom, a book for anyone who took Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones to heart a decade ago-and now has kids.

Lucy Sweeney has three sons, a husband on a short fuse, and a tendency toward domestic disaster. It has been years since the dirty laundry pile was less than three feet high, months since she remembered to have sex, and weeks since her toddler started using the trash can as a toilet. Lucy is living in a constant state of emergency, caught between perfectionist Yummy Mummy No. 1 and competitive Alpha Mum, making it hard for her to remember exactly why she exchanged her career and sanity for less than blissful domesticity. When she begins a flirtation with Sexy Domesticated Dad, a father from the school car-pool lane, the string of white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and illicit desire starts to unravel and disaster looms.

Slummy Mummy is a hilarious novel about the dilemmas of modern marriage and motherhood for those who never discovered their inner domestic goddess. Pitch-perfect and satisfyingly smart, it does for the stay-at-home mother what Allison Pearson's blockbuster bestseller I Don't Know How She Does It did for the working mom: It offers a lovable, flawed character who resonates, entertains, and undoubtedly has it worse than you do.

Review Quotes

"Plays with the chaos and comedy of 30-something metropolitan maternity and brings it to an unexpectedly moving conclusion."--Anna Wintour, Vogue

"Neill bucks the chick-lit trend with prose that's clever and endearing, and frazzled parents will love the way she nails the sticky, hair-pulling mania of domestic life."--The Washington Post

"A deftly executed domestic comedy."--Boston Globe

"Several cuts above the rest...witty, observant and supremely intelligent."--Times (London)

About the Author

Fiona Neill is a features writer for the London Times Magazine, where her weekly "Slummy Mummy" column appears. She lives in North London with her husband and their three children.