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Ladataan... Slummy MummyTekijä: Fiona Neill
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. 213/31 ( ) Mostly light-hearted, mildly amusing in places. I liked Lucy, the main protagonist (and narrator). I would like to have seen more of her delightful children, and I appreciated the family background. I felt some nostalgia for the school playground gatherings of mothers, and could relate, somewhat, to the different styles of parenting (albeit somewhat caricatured in the book). I liked the ending, too. However, the main protagonist has some irritating and promiscuous single friends who have far too big a part to play in the story, and who are not memorable or even distinguishable. Perhaps their excesses were supposed to be humorous - I hope they were not realistic! - but they just left me with a bad taste. The continual strong expletives were unnecessary too, and rather spoiled the otherwise excellent writing. Full review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-secret-life-of-slummy-mummy-by.... Gave up before p 50 - couldn't sympathize, much less empathize - not only shouldn't she have married her husband in the first place*, but she shouldn't have kids - she doesn't act like a grown-up. What she should do most of all is raise her kids to be more responsible - they should be helping with chores not expecting her servitude. And yes she should be able to recognize that one woman telling another a bunch of shoulds" sometimes is quite apt. *Yes I know I've barely met Tom. Maybe she's just whining about his "flaws" (differences?) in the beginning and by the end she'll have learned her lesson and realized he's wonderful. If so, then she should've appreciated him all along. And if she's a slow learner, and will mature and become more likable over the course of the book, I want some clue to that effect now, so I don't get to the end and find I still can't stand her. Gee - quite a review for something I barely dipped into. Of course, others' reviews helped me decide to give up on it, and helped me see where it was going." ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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HTML: A smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mom, a book for anyone who took 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: The Secret Life of Lucy Sweeney 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. .Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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