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The Yummy Mummy

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"Nothing shakes one out of a shoe-centered singleton apolitical existence quite like a baby..."

So laments Amy Crane, our main character and a newly-mummified singleton (living with the father of her 6-month-old baby, Evie, but not yet committed to marriage), formerly a fashion- and career-obsessed girl-about-London. Vaguely Bridget Jones, post-baby? Maybe a little, but The Yummy Mummy is definitely a more satisfying, deeply-layered, grown-up tale, about finding one's place in the universe as a mother; reconciling relationships with self, post-baby body, the father of the baby, and, in Amy's case, her mother and family history of abandonment and divorce.

The writing is clever, with humor and angst to which any mother can relate. Readers will appreciate all the familiar events, phases, situations, innermost thoughts, feelings and insecurities as Amy evolves from New Mummy to Yummy Mummy...

"Do these women not work? Evidently not. There is no sign of any tailored office clothes. No, these women are either full-time yummies or, like me, on maternity leave, having a sabbatical from working life. If the latter is the case, why aren't they frumpy and disoriented and unable to engage in witty adult repartee? Was there some prenatal class in postpartum glamour that I skipped? And how come they all look like they know what they're doing? Perhaps I am the only mother in London who feels like she's muddling through, pretending."

Ultimately, Amy finds, or, rather, is discovered by, a guide and mentor in Alice, a devastatingly gorgeous and with-it Yummy Mummy, who takes Amy under her wing and into the rarified club of Yummy Mummies: A richly-rendered group of women who seem to have the mommy thing down. Amy learns how to get back into shape, how to dress, how to shop, where to go, what to do, how to be a Yummy Mummy: simply fabulous, in all aspects of appearance, anyway. In the process, she learns Yumminess is not really all it appears or all its cracked up to be.

-- Sherri Caldwell, Humor Columnist & Reviewer at RebelHousewife.com
Co-Author, The Rebel Housewife Rules: To Heck With Domestic Bliss!

Londoner Amy Crane becomes unexpectedly pregnant and then finds that pregnancy leaves her unexpectedly frumpy. Envying all the MILFs she encounters, she eventually starts on a self-improvement kick which has a negative effect on her love life. This book takes an honest look at what it's like to be home with a baby and a body you no longer recognize, suddenly cut off from friends and work. Amy's struggles with self-esteem will be familiar to many new moms and the self-acceptance and courage she finds will inspire many.

This book made me laugh, made me cry & occupied my pregnant brain while escaping my toddler in the bath....Easy on "The Mommy Brain" entertaining reading... if you are considering that type of book then I would highly recomend Yummy Mummy!

I'm not a Mummy, yummy or otherwise, but I really enjoyed this. If you like chick lit, especially Brit chick lit, you will enjoy reading about this new mother's conflict about her relationship, being a mother and the tug for her to go back to work. Also, her attempt to fit in with the fashionable, size 2 new mothers.

As a not-very-yummy mummy of a toddler (never having found the time for pilates, or maintaining perfect highlights and manicures pre- or post-partum) I can't say I could entirely relate to this book, or to many of its characters. However, it is a light, fun, easy read that will get a few laughs - and will probably skim, if not actually strike, a chord with most mummies.

I adore Polly Williams so I can forgive her for writing this book. I couldn't finish Yummy Mummy for one of a few reasons: one the story wasn't strong and secondly I didn't like the way the protagonist seemed to hate her baby.

I picked up this book at a discount store and fell in love right away! I am not in to romance novels, so this was a nice break from the fluff or horror that is written for women today. More books about being a Yummy Mummy would be wonderful!

This book provides an irreverent take on the various mommy tribes we tend to encounter around the births of our children. There's the earth-mothers who think breast feeding is the be all and end all, whipping their boobs out proudly in public without flinching; then there's the mothers who seem to be in perfect shape, radiating confidence and glamor within three months of giving birth, making the rest of us feel wholly inadequate; and then there's our heroine - caught between the two. This book has a good plot and will make you feel better about your mommy insecurities whilst having some laughs along the way. A recommended read for all of us who know we fall short of the ideals - and don't care!!!

As a mother of twins, I felt a strong connection to the story's main character Amy. It's a blunt, funny story of a new mother caught in between the new world of diapers, spit-up, etc, her own insecurities about her life in general (she is unwed), and the transformation of herself as a result off all of these things. I loved this book. For anyone who is a mother, read it. It details the insecurities some women go through after having a child, along with the normal strains of a mother. But it also offers a refreshing and emotional outlook that anyone with children would understand about trying to understand yourself and accept the start of a new life and self. Can't recommend it enough.

Nothing was better than being pregnant with my son, relaxing and reading all of these wonderful novels. This one in particular made me laugh!