Mummy Needs a Break

It isn't intentional that I've been reading a lot of 'Mommy' books recently, but I've been enjoying those I have read and boy did I relate hard to bits of this novel. A story about a heavily pregnant, mom-of-one-already, married woman who is basically dumped weeks before baby arrives, the main chara......more

Rachel is married to Stephen, they have a 2 - year - old boy already and she's about to have their second child, when she discovers that her husband's been having an affair. Confronted, Stephen admits and leaves Rachel, leaving her alone to cope with Thomas, who can be a bit of a handful, and all th......more

An interesting read. I did find myself rooting for Rachel for most of the novel after what her husband did. She lost most of the sympathy points though with her “revenge” on Alexa (too far imo). Interesting characters throughout and worth a read even if some aren’t particularly likeable.......more

I read the synopsis for 'Mummy Needs A Break' and I knew that this was the sort of book that I needed at the moment. An escapist, fun sort of read that would distract me from the pain I was in and at the same time, it would make me chuckle. This book proved to be those things and more. I thoroughly......more

Mummy Needs a Break is a bit different to the kind of books I normally read but I enjoyed it for its light-heartedness, albeit with some more serious issues running through it. Rachel is married to Stephen and is about to have their second child when she discovers that he's been having an affair. The......more