Blurb: "What do you need a boyfriend for? You're a mum." Fiona Gibson's eagerly
awaited new novel is full of dating disasters. Sharply observed and
laugh-out-loud funny, its perfect for fans of Tracy Bloom, Kate Long and
Tess Stimson. Three blind dates Two teenage boys messing up her plans
And one man who'll melt Alice's heart. 'You need to get back in the
saddle...' Alice despises that phrase. She's fine being single - with
two slothful teenage boys and a meringue business to run, she has enough
on her plate without negotiating the troublesome world of modern
dating. However, Alice's three best friends have other ideas. Each one
will present her with an utterly delicious, eligible man - all Alice has
to do is pick her favorite. Perfect for fans of Tracy Bloom, Kate Long
and Tess Stimson.
MY SYNOPSIS
Imagine This: You are a mum of two. A single mum of two after
ditching your so irresponsible husband who’d lazy around the house all day
having no aspirations. Things have been hard, but you’ve still managed to bring
up two very, um, responsible boys very, um, different from their father, I
guess. So now you are two-timing a job as a school-secretary and a meringue
business which you just had a permit to operate.
So maybe you’ve forgotten about love, or dating, or men, or
sex. But you would if you have two hormonal teenage boys to raise who always
roll their eyes at your every command. Fuck Tom, your husband who’s now all
over Stylish Living with his new wife
and a huge business empire with a lovely daughter. Looking very responsible (like
he never was) and still fresh-faced.
You don’t envy Tom, you wish him all the best, you’ve moved
on and you’ve proved that to yourself and your
sons so many times. But your friends think you are stuck up on him because
you’ve not actually dated, dated
since you gave him the boot. And your mum thinks you are too fat to find a new guy. Your friends
think you look fab, despite whatever your mum says and intend to get you back in the
game (if ever you were after marrying your childhood sweetheart).
So now here you are juggling three guys with different
personalities (some awful, some
not-too-awesome) and you are wondering why you ever agreed to dating again.
After so long, just how exactly do you get back into the dating scene where
everything has changed? And how do you come back home unscathed without your
sons teasing you about just kissing Fat-Tongue Man… right after using your cleansing
cloth for a little cleansing (of their anus) of their own?
MY REVIEW
I simple ah-dored this book! So you know in my review I
would be screaming at you to get this.
I loved the story-line. Mum hasn’t been in dating for a
while, mum running a meringue business, mum single, mum dealing with two
hormonal teenage boys who love you one minute when you get them that hot
chocolate sticks and hate you when you try to tidy up their room, mum’s friends
forcing her back into dating game and actually get to pick one guy each for her
(so new). Totally brilliant how Fiona executed it. So mature, yet very, very
interesting.── ★
I am nuts for the plot of this book. Again, the execution.
It struck me that the whole thing didn’t seem choreographed as with other books
I’ve read. It seemed so true-to-life, from one action to the other. Like mom is
in the kitchen chatting with friends, then there's a blast of laughter from the TV room or a whoosh from the shower from one of your boys who
likes to take long baths.── ★
I loved Alice Sweet! So relatable, so mature. Every mother
would love to be Alice, worry too much when her boys even keep telling her she
worries too much, does everything for her boys from laundry to making them
scramble eggs in the exact texture each of them want them in. You would so, so love her. As much as I did.── ★★
Not only Alice, but the other characters in this book made
it worth reading. There’s Alice’s mum who’s so criticizing of everything Alice
does (much like every mother). There’s Viv, the raunchy all-over the place
friend who would remind you of Samantha (Sex And The City). There’s Ingrid who’s very
sophisticated she’d remind you of Miranda in Sex And The City but with a little
more uptightness and class. There’s Kritsy, the other friend who’d bare so much
resemblance to Charlotte, very motherly and sweet (enough to have her husband
dictate to her for long). Oh, you would love Clemmie, the next-door-neighbor, who
loves to show off her property and give Alice the Stylish Living mags so she learns
tips on how to decorate her very small flat. I loved each of them!── ★★★
I love the humor in this title. Very funny, lots of
chuckling moments. And it’s just so amazing when Fiona likens things to
motherhood duties you would so giggle at.── ★★★★
One feature about this book that you would so love is the
ending. Very unexpected, very heart-warming. One of those chick-flicks where
after watching you get this big chest expansion and makes you want to resurrect
the characters afterwards even after the ending.── ★★★★★
You can get Fiona Gibson’s latest Take Mom Out on amazon.
You can also stand the chance of winning Take Mom Out if you
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I recommend this book to every mom. Every woman who plans on
being a mum of boys so they actually know they have a huge job cut out for
them. Every woman who loves her chick-lit amazing, and heartwarming to pick
this up.
My work not done here. Off to post my review on Goodreads.
