I struggled to find the time as my now grown up moppets still seem to demand eleventy billion things a day! There are some truly hysterical parts in this book, especially the Christmas scenario where she can't say no to anyone and ends up a frazzled wreck. I love the Facebook posts so was thrilled to to be given the chance to read it. This giveaway is sponsored by HarperCollins Why Mummy Drinks is published on 19 October. Everyone who posts their detailed feedback by midday, Monday 11 December will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Love2shop voucher. We ask all winners to share their thoughts on the book. Suddenly she remembers a gem of an idea she's had… 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 one glass of Pinot Grigio.īut Mummy does not want to go quietly into that good night of women with sensible haircuts who 'live for their children' and try to trump each other with their offspring's achievements and their latest holidays. Until she remembers the gem of an idea she's had.From successful blogger and creator of Facebook sensation Peter and Jane, Gill Sims, comes an honest, embarrassingly relatable and just a little bit sweary debut novel. 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?' But 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. Unfortunately I have not yet actually managed to buy the bento boxes for their lunches or book jiu jitsu lessons, and I will have to learn to like green tea, as it is foul, and I have not yet mastered French plaits, but I am quietly confident that these are mere details in my grand master plan. And I most certainly will not slump on the sofa at the end of the day, glugging wine and muttering 'FML' repeatedly.

Yes, this year is definitely going to be much better - I am absolutely not going to shout at the children, let them stuff their faces with crisps or goggle away on the iPad. I am going to 100% nail being a school mummy this year. Tuesday 8th September First day back at school.

Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims