The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy

For Lucy Sweeney, motherhood isn't all astanga yoga and Cath Kidston prints. It's been years since the dirty laundry pile was less than a metre high, months since Lucy remembered to have sex with her husband, and a week since she last did the school run wearing pyjamas. Motherhood, it seems, has more pitfalls than she might have expected. Caught between perfectionist Yummy Mummy No 1 and hypercompetitive Alpha Mum, Lucy is in danger of losing the parenting plot. And, worst of all, she's alarmingly distracted by Sexy Domesticated Dad. It's only a matter of time before the dirty laundry quite literally blows up in her face... 'Witty, observant and supremely intelligent' The Times 'If you're struggling to find your own inner yummy mummy, this is for you' Woman 'There is something of Bridget Jones's hopeless-but-adorable quality about Lucy...' Daily Telegraph 'Perfect for failed domestic goddesses everywhere' heat 'Intelligent and funny' Eve