Ms Sims takes stock characters - perfect moms, latter-day hippies, intrusive relatives - to the next level.
but they are simply spot-on and I long to incorporate them into my own salty repertoire. Because the author is British, many of her expressions and expletives are not commonly used here in the US. The narrator's interpretation, pacing, and deadpan delivery, are simply tailor-made for this novel.
I actually not only laugh out loud - a lot - but even throw my head back to do so, every now and then. So, Why Mummy Drinks is a rare and precious find. When I read reviews promising laughs galore, I'm skeptical. TV shows, books written by comedians, my husband. read on! I have very high standards when it comes to humor. So this novel probably is not for the faint of heart. Window._translations = JSON.parse(" minutes with this Scribd Snapshot.Let me preface my review by noting that the author pulls no punches when it comes to extremely "salty" language. This is the first time I had heard of Gill Sims and I, for one, am delighted. Some reviewers have said the blog is better than the book. If it's not, you'll be on a rant about Ellen's many faults, her exaggeratedly impossible children, her husband who is portrayed as generally useless, and a collection of relatives that would make me emigrate to another country and change my name.This book seems to be an expanded version of a blog the author writes in the British media titled Peter & Jane, the names of Ellen's two children. I realize it could definitely be not everyone's glass of Chardonnay. Satire, readers, satire!That said, I found Why Mummy Drinks laugh-out-loud funny truly the kind of book I can't put down.
No, I do not really believe that these mums need a whip and a chair to control their uncontrollable offspring. I first noticed this years ago with The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill. There is a certain type of English author who writes about her children as if they are wild animals. My lasting impression of Why Mummy Drinks is that it is satire, the classic British "send-up" and not to be taken seriously for a minute as the real life of an English mother/wife/part time IT worker.
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