'We’ve got the balance all wrong. Instead of living with our partners, struggling to do everything by ourselves and only seeing each other now and then, we should do it the other way round.We should live together and see them now and then.
Erica knows her suggestion sounds extreme, but when her nanny leaves without notice, she’s extremely desperate. Polly and Louise aren’t convinced, but when circumstances force them to move into Polly’s enormous but run-down house, they have to admit life’s much easier when the childcare and work is shared.
At first, communal living seems like the answer to their prayers - childcare on tap, rotas for cleaning and someone always available to cook dinner (no more last-minute pizza delivery!). But over time, resentment starts to grow as they judge each other’s parenting styles and bicker over cleaning, cooking and whose turn it is to buy toilet rolls.
And as one woman has her head turned by a handsome colleague, one resorts to spying on her husband and another fights to keep a dark secret, they need each other more than ever. But can Polly, Louise and Erica keep their friendship and relationships strong? Or will their perfect mumtopia fall apart?'
Erica knows her suggestion sounds extreme, but when her nanny leaves without notice, she’s extremely desperate. Polly and Louise aren’t convinced, but when circumstances force them to move into Polly’s enormous but run-down house, they have to admit life’s much easier when the childcare and work is shared.
At first, communal living seems like the answer to their prayers - childcare on tap, rotas for cleaning and someone always available to cook dinner (no more last-minute pizza delivery!). But over time, resentment starts to grow as they judge each other’s parenting styles and bicker over cleaning, cooking and whose turn it is to buy toilet rolls.
And as one woman has her head turned by a handsome colleague, one resorts to spying on her husband and another fights to keep a dark secret, they need each other more than ever. But can Polly, Louise and Erica keep their friendship and relationships strong? Or will their perfect mumtopia fall apart?'
With 47 Chapters as well as an Epilogue this is a long book, but it will seem short when you read it. That will mainly be because it is so easy to get stuck into this book and invested in the lives of Polly, Erica and Louise. The further you read into this book the more twists and turns appear, which just makes this even more of an interesting book to read.
Throughout the book the point of view switches from chapter to chapter and is shared between our three leading ladies. Ladies who could not be more different from each other, from the way they dress to they way they raise their children. However no matter how different they are, they just make sense when it comes to their friends.
There is a slight air of mystery when it comes to the background of one of these ladies, which just makes the reader want to read on and uncover this mystery. As you go through the book you will also discover a bit of will they/ won't they which simply adds even more interest to this book.
Although the ending was different than this reader expected, it also turned out to be better than what I expected. The book has its funny moments, its relatable moments as well as emotional moments (at least for the reader). All things that simply make the reader fall in love with this book.
Let me tell you a little bit about the Author Kathleen Whyman. She is a writer for the Writers' Forum as well as a member or the Romantic Novelists' Association. Kathleen's second book was recently long listed for the Comedy Women in Print Unpublished Comedy Novel Prize.
Overall this book is well written and I am so glad I took a chance and signed up for this blog tour. This book will get your emotions involved especially when it comes to the relatable moments. Now although this book was my first by this author it certainly won't be my last. You can get your copy of this book HERE.
Until Next Time
Emma
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