'Why Mummy Swears' by Gill Sims (HarperCollins, 2019)
I haven't read 'Why Mummy Drinks', but I did recently finish 'Why Mummy Swears', Gill Sims' potty-mouthed sequel, continuing Ellen's story of contemporary motherhood and family life.'Why Mummy Swears' follows mother-of-two Ellen through another 12 months of ups, downs, wobbles and squabbles. While her son Peter ignores her in favour of his tablet, her daughter Jane only speaks to her to demand an Instagram account. Outside the house, Ellen's been suckered into chairing their school's PTA (because no one else will) and her father's Big News has got her pretentious sister Jessica tied up in knots. On top of this, her well of ideas has dried up and it's becoming clear that working from home on a new money-making scheme is not going to pan out. Fortunately, Ellen's dream job comes up just in time. But can she rely on her husband Simon to step up and do his fair share of the parenting so she can go back to work full-time?
