{"product_id":"9780008237516","title":"Why Mummy Drinks: The Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eThe smash hit Sunday Times bestseller.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eTuesday 8th September\u003c\/em\u003e\n          \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst day back at school. I am going to 100% nail being a school mummy this year. I can totally do this. 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. And I most certainly will not slump on the sofa at the end of the day, glugging wine and muttering ‘FML’ repeatedly.\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eUnfortunately 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…\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is Mummy’s 39th birthday. 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?’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, she clutches a large glass of wine, muttering ‘FML’ over and over again. Until she remembers the gem of an idea she’s had…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGill Sims, the Sunday Times bestselling author, returns with a humorous and romantic portrayal of motherhood and family life in Why Mummy Drinks. This comedy fiction explores the highs and lows of parenting, marriage, and relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Alexandra Potter (More Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up), Kristen Bailey (Textbook Romance), Sophie Kinsella (What Does it Feel Like?), Freya Kennedy (The Fabulous Forties Club), and Jane Fallon (Getting Rid of Matthew).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Sims, Read by Gabrielle Glaister","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46888980807829,"sku":"9780008237516","price":35.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008237516_01b0a79f-b1a9-4f0c-bd6b-f87e99f5c036.jpg?v=1776888208","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008237516","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}