Secret Mother's Club

Based on true conversations with real women, 'The Secret Mothers' Club' is a funny, irreverent and often heartbreaking look at women, friendships and motherhood. One evening in late June a group of women friends get together for an old-school sleepover. It is a regular reunion for eight very different women, with very different lives, secrets and fantasies. The only unifying factor? They are all mothers. Be warned, you will recognise yourself and your friends within these pages. These are real conversations with real women, and they are conversations we've all had: about our weight; our fantasies - sexual and otherwise; those school lunchboxes; mother's guilt; our partners; the endless struggle to balance work, housework, family and sanity; and the seemingly impossible task of deciding what to feed the family every single night of the week. In the tradition of 'I Don't Know How She Does It', with just a hint of 'The Bad Mother's Handbook', this is a book about the delicate nature of mothering, the beauty and complexity of friendships, and the way in which women support - and judge - one another. It is a revealing look at where women go as mothers, and at just how far it is possible to go without quite going insane.