Author:Joanna Simmons,Jay Curtis
A is for Anxiety, Alcohol and awful Activities. B is for Bedtime, Baking and Boredom. C is for Childcare and Cooking With Your Coat on. N is for Not Swearing (bloody frustrating) and S is for Soft Play Places, Sniffing Babies' Arses (to see if they've filled their nappies - are there not easier ways of finding out?) and Sex (see also L, for lack thereof).
Can I Give them Back Now? puts two fingers up to the pervasive notion that parenthood is an eternally rewarding experience. Taking a wry, down-to-earth and humorous look at life with young children, it taps into the very normal, but hard-to-admit ambivalence that so many parents feel about raising kids.
Realistic, often dark and occasionally shocking, Joanna Simmons and Jay Curtis' brilliantly alternative A-Z of parenting isessential reading for all mums and dads who really, really love their kids, but...
Made me laugh out loud twice and snort at least once. Would love to publish it for Mothers' Day as an antidote to all that pastel guff out there.
—— Sam Fanaken, Sales ManagerSo true to the reality and Dunkirk spirit of parenthood.
—— Tom Drake-Lee, Sales Director and father of twoReally funny, I laughed out loud at the definition of childcare! Love the humour! It's exactly what I find funny.
—— Ruth Warburton, Publicity Manager and mother of twoHilarious and horribly, horribly accurate. Speaking as a Dad, I say publish and be damned!
—— Roger Bratchell, Marketing Director and father of twoA balanced and amiable guide ... contains a great deal of information you couldn't know unless you had lived this life yourself
—— Sunday TribuneThis is an engaging and revealing read for anyone who loves the theatre
—— Guardian
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