Why Mummy Drinks

Why Mummy Drinks is the brilliant novel from Gill Sims, the author of the online sensation Peter and Jane.


It 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?’


But 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.


Instead, she clutches a large glass of wine, muttering ‘FML’ over and over again. Until she remembers the gem of an idea she’s had…

Why Mummy Drinks este genialul roman de la Gill Sims, autorul senzatiei online Peter si Jane. Este cea de-a 39-a aniversare a mamei. Se uita la butoiul unui viitor de oameni care intreaba daca vrea sa vina la cursurile lor avansate de yoga si la cluburi de carte politicoase, unde toata lumea se pretinde ca este tidding dupa un pahar de Pinot Grigio si spune lucruri precum „Oooh doamne, ai un alt pahar? ”Dar mami nu vrea sa mearga linistit in acea noapte buna de femei cu tunsori sensibile care„ traiesc pentru copiii lor ”si stau in locul de joaca incercand sa se bata reciproc cu activitatile si realizarile extracurriculare ale descendentilor lor si laudandu-se cu In schimb, ea strange un pahar mare de vin, murmurand „FML” din nou si din nou.