{"product_id":"9780008592011","title":"Why Mummy Drinks on Holiday","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sims, Gill \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 June 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 23 | 220g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo.1 bestselling author Gill Sims is back with her eagerly awaited sixth Why Mummy novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  When family life gives you lemons, trade them for grapes!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Mummy Ellen is on a well-earned sabbatical from work, and she has A Vision. She is going to cherish *every* moment this holiday with her Precious Moppets Peter and Jane, alongside her ride-or-die best friend, Hannah. There will be wicker baskets! Vintage bicycles! Pink sunshine wine! And not an electronic babysitter in sight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But as she strives for her picture-perfect “Ultimate Family Summer” in the sun-kissed bliss of her almost-chateau, reality crashes the party. With small feral hell-beasts to keep alive on the daily, and Hannah suddenly and mysteriously MIA, wine o’clock gets earlier and earlier as each day crawls by.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Can she keep The Vision alive without resorting to nightly beige ‘freezer tapas’ (aka guilt-flavoured chicken nuggets)? Or will she reach the end of her Gentle Parenting book and her tether as her dream holiday descends into a nightmare?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Join Ellen on her uproarious quest to salvage one of the #18PreciousSummers, or simply find her Grape Escape.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55273971548535,"sku":"9780008592011","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780008592011.jpg?v=1748886736","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780008592011","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}