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Roxy Carmichael Series #1
The Pi**ed-Off Parents Club
First-time mum Roxy feels perennially ticked off. She and her partner Jack have left London for a new life in the village of Riverside, with their ten-month-old daughter Joey. But their new house resembles a building site and Roxy is struggling to cope with parenthood. With no family or friends to turn to for help, Roxy sets up a club in order to meet like-minded parents, and so begins The Pissed-Off Parents Club.
Hilarious and refreshingly original, this is a story telling it like it is -- for mums and dads of all descriptions.
Hilarious and refreshingly original, this is a story telling it like it is -- for mums and dads of all descriptions.
375 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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April 9, 2011
Review Snippet; "I picked this book off the shelf, purely and simply, because of the title. I thought, "this title really embodies my emotions at this point in time", so I grabbed it and ran straight home to read it.
From the first page I knew I would enjoy every moment of this read. Not only does it understand the woes of modern day parenting, but it makes you laugh at every turn. Elliot makes you realise that you are not alone, and that those evil thoughts you have at times are the same thoughts parents across the world are having too.
This book is like the self help guide for new parents, who hate self help guides. Not on how to change nappies or how to get a toddler to eat vegetables, but this book, to put it simply, makes you feel better.
New parents can often feel alone. They can feel as though they are doing everything wrong. This book puts your mind at ease because you realise that you are just normal.
There were so many times when I thought, "oh, I have done that too!" as I read through this story. It is so realistic and so believable and I think that most parents would see themselves, or things they have done, at some point during the read."
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From the first page I knew I would enjoy every moment of this read. Not only does it understand the woes of modern day parenting, but it makes you laugh at every turn. Elliot makes you realise that you are not alone, and that those evil thoughts you have at times are the same thoughts parents across the world are having too.
This book is like the self help guide for new parents, who hate self help guides. Not on how to change nappies or how to get a toddler to eat vegetables, but this book, to put it simply, makes you feel better.
New parents can often feel alone. They can feel as though they are doing everything wrong. This book puts your mind at ease because you realise that you are just normal.
There were so many times when I thought, "oh, I have done that too!" as I read through this story. It is so realistic and so believable and I think that most parents would see themselves, or things they have done, at some point during the read."
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October 24, 2014
Mink Elliott’s debut novel came out at the beginning of 2010 but when I received a copy of The Pi**ed-Off Parents Club, it went straight on my shelf. Mainly because I’m not a big fan of tales about mothers. Not least ones where the mother is unhappy with her baby/her life/her boyfriend because since I’m not a mother I find it whiney and annoying rather than being able to connect with the mothers in question. However, there’s a sequel coming out in January next year so I decided to give it a read because it looked as if it wasn’t a normal mummy tale where Roxy was sick of her baby/life/boyfriend. Well, I thought it wasn’t… Turns out, I was wrong. Very wrong.
Unfortunately for me The Pi**ed-Off Parents Club is exactly everything I don’t like in a tale about motherhood. What I don’t like most of all is how the new mother’s like Roxy think that their baby, their boyfriend, their new house in the sticks, all happened without her knowledge. I mean, my God. Roxy’s baby, Joey, didn’t just appear. Roxy got pregnant. Jack didn’t just magic out of nowhere, she chose him. Her move to the country wasn’t with a gun to her head, she agrees. Yet Roxy spends the entire novel complaining how fat her baby is, how annoying Jack is, and how horrible it is in the country. This is someone who is almost 40-years-old and yet all she does is whine, whine, whine, whine, whine. She’s never happy. She doesn’t like her baby, Joey; she doesn’t like Jack because (gasp!) he’s trying to make money to keep them going; she doesn’t like the building site her house is… It’s all just so darn terrible for her! (I don’t know how she survived, truly I don’t.)
I don’t know why every mother story has to be so hateful. Are there no mothers who, after having a baby and moving to the country, are actually happy? Is that just not possible? Must they all be miserable saps who spend their time whinging and moaning? I mean, it’s not a glowing recommendation for motherhood. It makes you fat, your baby won’t like you, you’ll snap at everyone, you’ll be just a miserable cow, basically. It makes you wonder why anybody bothers procreating. Why don’t we just let the world die out? I could even have enjoyed the novel if it wasn’t something I’d read before so many times. Not even the pi**ed-off parents club could lift the novel out of the doom and gloom it was mired in. That should have been its selling point. That was its unique thing that could set it apart… Except for the fact they all sat there drinking too much, smoking too much and, surprise surprise, complaining too much. There was never any respite from the complaining and it was too much for me.
I’m obviously not the target market for this novel. But it shouldn’t really matter whether I have a baby or not. The point of fiction, of writing a story, of writing Chick Lit, is that anybody can enjoy it. Single females, married females, younger females like me… But books like this one really do pigeon-hole itself where only the miserable mothers can enjoy it. It may as well come with a label that says, “If you don’t have kids, you won’t understand.” Because I didn’t understand. I mean, Roxy’s life wasn’t that hard. She wasn’t depressed, she had a lovely enough boyfriend, she had her baby, she had friends… She just wasn’t interested. I couldn’t get past the fact she said out loud that her baby needs to lose weight. That she constantly called her baby “heavy” and implied Joey was fat. She just wasn’t likeable. I didn’t want to root for her. I wanted Jack to tell her where to stick herself. So, no, the book didn’t work for me. Will I try the sequel? Probably not. The ending of this one was just plain ridiculous that a second book would be much of the same, really. This is definitely a niche novel and that niche is people with babies.
Unfortunately for me The Pi**ed-Off Parents Club is exactly everything I don’t like in a tale about motherhood. What I don’t like most of all is how the new mother’s like Roxy think that their baby, their boyfriend, their new house in the sticks, all happened without her knowledge. I mean, my God. Roxy’s baby, Joey, didn’t just appear. Roxy got pregnant. Jack didn’t just magic out of nowhere, she chose him. Her move to the country wasn’t with a gun to her head, she agrees. Yet Roxy spends the entire novel complaining how fat her baby is, how annoying Jack is, and how horrible it is in the country. This is someone who is almost 40-years-old and yet all she does is whine, whine, whine, whine, whine. She’s never happy. She doesn’t like her baby, Joey; she doesn’t like Jack because (gasp!) he’s trying to make money to keep them going; she doesn’t like the building site her house is… It’s all just so darn terrible for her! (I don’t know how she survived, truly I don’t.)
I don’t know why every mother story has to be so hateful. Are there no mothers who, after having a baby and moving to the country, are actually happy? Is that just not possible? Must they all be miserable saps who spend their time whinging and moaning? I mean, it’s not a glowing recommendation for motherhood. It makes you fat, your baby won’t like you, you’ll snap at everyone, you’ll be just a miserable cow, basically. It makes you wonder why anybody bothers procreating. Why don’t we just let the world die out? I could even have enjoyed the novel if it wasn’t something I’d read before so many times. Not even the pi**ed-off parents club could lift the novel out of the doom and gloom it was mired in. That should have been its selling point. That was its unique thing that could set it apart… Except for the fact they all sat there drinking too much, smoking too much and, surprise surprise, complaining too much. There was never any respite from the complaining and it was too much for me.
I’m obviously not the target market for this novel. But it shouldn’t really matter whether I have a baby or not. The point of fiction, of writing a story, of writing Chick Lit, is that anybody can enjoy it. Single females, married females, younger females like me… But books like this one really do pigeon-hole itself where only the miserable mothers can enjoy it. It may as well come with a label that says, “If you don’t have kids, you won’t understand.” Because I didn’t understand. I mean, Roxy’s life wasn’t that hard. She wasn’t depressed, she had a lovely enough boyfriend, she had her baby, she had friends… She just wasn’t interested. I couldn’t get past the fact she said out loud that her baby needs to lose weight. That she constantly called her baby “heavy” and implied Joey was fat. She just wasn’t likeable. I didn’t want to root for her. I wanted Jack to tell her where to stick herself. So, no, the book didn’t work for me. Will I try the sequel? Probably not. The ending of this one was just plain ridiculous that a second book would be much of the same, really. This is definitely a niche novel and that niche is people with babies.
March 18, 2024
An easy read but a little chaotic for my liking.
September 13, 2012
Three words to describe this book?
Laid-back, down to earth, and funny
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I absolutely LOVED this book by Mink Elliott! It was really comical and just had a very "real" feel about it.
So the book starts off with the character Roxy, who has just recently up & left her city home to move to an apparently "peaceful" and "tranquil" village in the countryside known as, Riverside. With Roxy's partner Jack always working away, it's just Roxy and Joey left to discover the inhabitants of Riverside on their own. Used to having her friends and family around, Roxy begins to find her new life in the sticks increasingly difficult to cope with! To her, the neighbouring villagers seem stuck-up and snooty, and she can't shake away the feeling that a lot of the "yummy mummys" are looking down their noses at her and baby Joey/i>.
As Roxy begins to realise she's going to have to figure this one out for herself, the thought of creating a club within the village for pi**ed off parents crosses her mind. She creates a small notice, sticks it in the window of the local shop and hopes for the best.
On the Saturday of the pi**ed off parents club meeting, Roxy is pleasantly surprised to see that she's not the only one sitting around that table, ready to let some of her tension go, with her cigarettes and drink in hand.
I can't put into words how much I enjoyed this book! It was really good, so comical and for once, a book that wasn't too serious! I thought it was fabulous!
I absolutely LOVED this book by Mink Elliott! It was really comical and just had a very "real" feel about it.
So the book starts off with the character Roxy, who has just recently up & left her city home to move to an apparently "peaceful" and "tranquil" village in the countryside known as, Riverside. With Roxy's partner Jack always working away, it's just Roxy and Joey left to discover the inhabitants of Riverside on their own. Used to having her friends and family around, Roxy begins to find her new life in the sticks increasingly difficult to cope with! To her, the neighbouring villagers seem stuck-up and snooty, and she can't shake away the feeling that a lot of the "yummy mummys" are looking down their noses at her and baby Joey/i>.
As Roxy begins to realise she's going to have to figure this one out for herself, the thought of creating a club within the village for pi**ed off parents crosses her mind. She creates a small notice, sticks it in the window of the local shop and hopes for the best.
On the Saturday of the pi**ed off parents club meeting, Roxy is pleasantly surprised to see that she's not the only one sitting around that table, ready to let some of her tension go, with her cigarettes and drink in hand.
I can't put into words how much I enjoyed this book! It was really good, so comical and for once, a book that wasn't too serious! I thought it was fabulous!
June 30, 2012
I really enjoyed this book! I loved the main character,Roxie, with her gutsy personality and I especially liked how she never sugar coated anything making us identify with her real issues. Funny, with real themes that we have all experienced as women or parents at some points in our lives! Highly recommended.
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July 9, 2016I liked the premise for this one and it was OK. It didn't set my world on fire, but 3.5 stars, as it had some very funny sections and some likeable characters
February 5, 2019
Ugh. Let's just say, I read this book so you don't have to. Really, really, don't be tempted. It revolves around a mother called Roxy who thinks she's depressed but is really just a misery - a moaning, ungrateful whingebag with a knack of seeing the worst in everybody (while, on the other hand, we're told that she's completely blind to the personality traits of everyone she meets). But really, I'm not pi**ed off about the main character, but the appalling, cliché-ridden writing. I don't know how any self-respecting editor let so many poorly executed aspects slip through to the final book. The characters are stereotypes lifted from an out of date sitcom. The author flings in references to 80s and 90s culture far, far too often. (Don't get me wrong, I'm the right age to 'get it' but it's just really annoying. Barry the hypnotist's habit of quoting lyrics/bursting into song is a thing that happens a lot in real life, but it doesn't translate well to the page.) Roxy and her best friend Charlie (who, by the way, Roxy seems not to like very much - huh? or understand very well - what?) have BFF-style conversations that, again, are probably lifted directly from real conversations, but they don't work when written down. Oh, there are so many things about this book that are just wrong, wrong, wrong. Like the section that's written in the style of a Coronation Street script, but between characters in the book. WHAT? WHY? And the crappy word-play jokes. (Example:
Having slept with a man on their first date, Charlie is bemoaning the fact he hasn't called:
"Why don't you call him?"
"It's up to the guy to call! And anyway, I don't have his number."
"Why didn't you get it?"
"Because I wanted to be chased."
"As opposed to chaste."
AAAAAAAAGH.)
The whole book smacks of being thrown together from 'funny' / 'witty' / 'winsome' episodes in the author's life - I bet she has a notebook full of them.
It even got so frustrating that I began to speed-read, and then when I was still getting riled, I skipped a huge section and just read the last couple of chapters to see what happened at the end (prompted by comments on Goodreads, talking about whether the ending was good/bad/unexpected/satisfying) but that wasn't worth the effort either.
Honestly, people, please don't waste your time and eye-muscles on this one. It has no saving graces whatsoever.
Having slept with a man on their first date, Charlie is bemoaning the fact he hasn't called:
"Why don't you call him?"
"It's up to the guy to call! And anyway, I don't have his number."
"Why didn't you get it?"
"Because I wanted to be chased."
"As opposed to chaste."
AAAAAAAAGH.)
The whole book smacks of being thrown together from 'funny' / 'witty' / 'winsome' episodes in the author's life - I bet she has a notebook full of them.
It even got so frustrating that I began to speed-read, and then when I was still getting riled, I skipped a huge section and just read the last couple of chapters to see what happened at the end (prompted by comments on Goodreads, talking about whether the ending was good/bad/unexpected/satisfying) but that wasn't worth the effort either.
Honestly, people, please don't waste your time and eye-muscles on this one. It has no saving graces whatsoever.
April 23, 2020
I brought this book in a bundle from the charity shop. This is not my normal type of book so the review may not be very fair.
I am not a parent so I can not relate fully to the main character in this book but I have to say I was appalled by her at the start. She was so negative about everything, even her own child. And the way she was to her partner was poor too.
It did make me pause and think God I hope I never become like that When I have a child? Are new mothers actually like this? I have no answer.
The storyline itself wasn't too bad. I was really worried it would all be about motherhood and babies but it wasn't.
I didn't really like the ending. It seemed too fluffy, too much of a fairy tale ending.
I am not a parent so I can not relate fully to the main character in this book but I have to say I was appalled by her at the start. She was so negative about everything, even her own child. And the way she was to her partner was poor too.
It did make me pause and think God I hope I never become like that When I have a child? Are new mothers actually like this? I have no answer.
The storyline itself wasn't too bad. I was really worried it would all be about motherhood and babies but it wasn't.
I didn't really like the ending. It seemed too fluffy, too much of a fairy tale ending.
January 6, 2019
I picked this book up at a "Save the Children Book sale" and thought the subject matter was interesting. However, I finished it about an hour ago and now I cannot remember anyone's' name apart from the baby. It was irritating because it seemed to have starts of plots but no continuation and instead of being a strong feminist read, it was pathetically "Women catering to and reacting to Men, even if they were purported to be feminist in character" Hopefully the baby will rise against her upbringing. Not a great read for my taste.
July 10, 2019
I think many people will judge this book too harshly due to the main character. Yes, she was a little bit whiny. But she was feeling struggles that many of us do after having a child. I think anyone with children will be able to relate on some level.
It was light heartened and an easy read and I found it a nice getaway book.
It was light heartened and an easy read and I found it a nice getaway book.
September 13, 2021
Well I bought this book cause the title grabbed my attention. I thought it would be a funny read but to be honest it was mostly boring. The last few chapters it did pick up a bit but I really thought it be very funny. It didn't really grip me. I was pretty glad to finish it. I won't go out my way to get the sequel but if happen to see it in a charity shop I may pick it up.
December 31, 2020
Cute little story..... made all the better by my besties personalising 😍 a little Xmas tradition that I look forward to each year! All parents have wanted to join this club at some point too I’m sure! ✨
January 2, 2021
I really enjoyed this book. Didn't like the main character at first but definitely warm to her as the book went on. Charlie and Tim are my favourite characters. There were a couple of laugh out loud moments but most of all, its a book anyone can relate to.
July 20, 2017
Quite a good chick lit book, but the story got a bit lost in the middle for me.
June 17, 2018
A few funny relatable moments in this book, I really wanted to like it but just found it boring the more I read.
December 28, 2021
Readable
March 22, 2023
Funny read, especially when you have young kids. Full of relatable things.
August 24, 2024
It was a good quick and easy read. Think it could have more excitement or dramas but still good
November 25, 2025
Abbandonato
January 6, 2010
Roxy feels over-whelmed with being a mother for the first time. At the age of nearly 40, she feels a lot older than many of the mums she spots around the town, and isn’t taking to motherhood quite as easily as she would have hoped. Her daughter Joey is constantly being mistaken for a boy because of her short hair and she’s also getting too heavy for a 1 year old.
Never mind the fact the relationship between Roxy and her fiancé Jack isn’t a bed of roses – they’ve moved from London to the country for a better life, but it’s just bringing headaches what with the commute, the delapidated old house they’ve bought and not having any friends or family around. Roxy decides to start The Pissed Off Parents Club, and is surprised when it really takes off. Is it going to help Roxy feel at home in the country, and will she finally make some much needed friends?!
This is one debut novel for 2010 that I have really been looking forward to. Being a mum, I always enjoy books based on mums and parenting because often they are a bit of a satire and are quite funny as a result. Mink Elliott is apparently a former editor of a parenting magazine, so perhaps she’s used some of the stories and news from her days as editor to help with this book? The cover isn’t overly inspiring if I am honest, with pink and orange tones, and the title in a large font in the middle, but it would make me curious enough to pick it up off a shelf and have a look at it! As I mentioned, this is Elliott’s debut novel, so it was going to be interesting to see how good the writing is.
I did find the book was quite a slow starter for me. We are introduced to Roxy and her daughter Joey straight away but I just could not warm to Roxy as a mother at all. She seemed very blasé about things and didn’t seem too keen on her child either which is a bit of a worry! I felt that Elliott hasn’t written Joey very well either, portraying her as being quite overweight for a baby and looking somewhat like a boy… it made me feel like she was trying to find reasons for Roxy to struggle at being a mother and Joey was one of them. I really did like Roxy’s fiance Jack though, he was an Australian character and I loved the scenes with him in. Elliott wrote Jack as a great dad, and I wish she could have done the same for Roxy.
The story is a bit different to other new mum stories I have read before. Instead of joining some awful “Mother and Baby” group, Roxy decides to set up her own group, but this time only for the parents. Now, I realise this part of the book is quite unrealistic as I certainly wouldn’t go along to anything called “The Pissed Off Parents Club” and having lots of people join and become instant best friends with them is a bit far-fetched but for the purpose of the book, it was a funny idea and I felt it worked very well. It was a great way to introduce some different characters, and I felt this was when the book came alive for me. Elliott suddenly seemed to grasp her characters, especially Roxy, fully and it read much more smoothly and the story moved at a better pace too.
I enjoyed the sub-story that came along halfway through the book because it allowed for Elliott to change the pace of the book, and it was funny to read some of the things that happen to Roxy and Jack as well. I definitely got to like Roxy more as the book progressed, but I just wish Elliott had “got” Roxy much more at the start because then I would have liked her from the beginning! I found the book was quite a quick read, with me finishing it in a couple of days as it wasn’t especially challenging, and kept me wanting to read more to find out what scrapes Roxy and Joey would find themselves in next.
Those without children will enjoy this just as much as those with them because it’s a well written story that has some good twists and turns along the way that keep you reading. The book moves from the rural countryside and back into London for a while so there’s a nice change of pace, and the members of The Pissed Off Parents Club are all great characters, and I’m glad the book doesn’t focus too heavily on Roxy because she couldn’t hold the book together on her own! A very good debut, it’s funny, has some cringy mummy moments and I would recommend it.
Taken from Chicklitreviews.com
Never mind the fact the relationship between Roxy and her fiancé Jack isn’t a bed of roses – they’ve moved from London to the country for a better life, but it’s just bringing headaches what with the commute, the delapidated old house they’ve bought and not having any friends or family around. Roxy decides to start The Pissed Off Parents Club, and is surprised when it really takes off. Is it going to help Roxy feel at home in the country, and will she finally make some much needed friends?!
This is one debut novel for 2010 that I have really been looking forward to. Being a mum, I always enjoy books based on mums and parenting because often they are a bit of a satire and are quite funny as a result. Mink Elliott is apparently a former editor of a parenting magazine, so perhaps she’s used some of the stories and news from her days as editor to help with this book? The cover isn’t overly inspiring if I am honest, with pink and orange tones, and the title in a large font in the middle, but it would make me curious enough to pick it up off a shelf and have a look at it! As I mentioned, this is Elliott’s debut novel, so it was going to be interesting to see how good the writing is.
I did find the book was quite a slow starter for me. We are introduced to Roxy and her daughter Joey straight away but I just could not warm to Roxy as a mother at all. She seemed very blasé about things and didn’t seem too keen on her child either which is a bit of a worry! I felt that Elliott hasn’t written Joey very well either, portraying her as being quite overweight for a baby and looking somewhat like a boy… it made me feel like she was trying to find reasons for Roxy to struggle at being a mother and Joey was one of them. I really did like Roxy’s fiance Jack though, he was an Australian character and I loved the scenes with him in. Elliott wrote Jack as a great dad, and I wish she could have done the same for Roxy.
The story is a bit different to other new mum stories I have read before. Instead of joining some awful “Mother and Baby” group, Roxy decides to set up her own group, but this time only for the parents. Now, I realise this part of the book is quite unrealistic as I certainly wouldn’t go along to anything called “The Pissed Off Parents Club” and having lots of people join and become instant best friends with them is a bit far-fetched but for the purpose of the book, it was a funny idea and I felt it worked very well. It was a great way to introduce some different characters, and I felt this was when the book came alive for me. Elliott suddenly seemed to grasp her characters, especially Roxy, fully and it read much more smoothly and the story moved at a better pace too.
I enjoyed the sub-story that came along halfway through the book because it allowed for Elliott to change the pace of the book, and it was funny to read some of the things that happen to Roxy and Jack as well. I definitely got to like Roxy more as the book progressed, but I just wish Elliott had “got” Roxy much more at the start because then I would have liked her from the beginning! I found the book was quite a quick read, with me finishing it in a couple of days as it wasn’t especially challenging, and kept me wanting to read more to find out what scrapes Roxy and Joey would find themselves in next.
Those without children will enjoy this just as much as those with them because it’s a well written story that has some good twists and turns along the way that keep you reading. The book moves from the rural countryside and back into London for a while so there’s a nice change of pace, and the members of The Pissed Off Parents Club are all great characters, and I’m glad the book doesn’t focus too heavily on Roxy because she couldn’t hold the book together on her own! A very good debut, it’s funny, has some cringy mummy moments and I would recommend it.
Taken from Chicklitreviews.com
April 16, 2010
This is an 'easy read' or 'chick lit' book with a bit of a twist as it takes an honest, and slightly negative look at being a parent. The plot speeds along and parents of young children will nod sagely or smirk at the various issues that are raised.
However, I found the book irritating in places and I think this comes from two issues with the book.
1) The main character, Roxy, babbles on which if fine as it is part of her personality, and it speeds the book along. However, not only does she babble on, but she tells you that she babbles on and the other characters tell her off for babbling on...
2) The author makes a lot if use of references to popular culture such as catch phrases from TV shows etc. It makes the book very British and current, but it doesn't give the characters depth and I didn't really care about any of them.
Sorry, a bit negative, I should add that my wife enjoyed reading it so check other reviews before making a decision. ;O)
However, I found the book irritating in places and I think this comes from two issues with the book.
1) The main character, Roxy, babbles on which if fine as it is part of her personality, and it speeds the book along. However, not only does she babble on, but she tells you that she babbles on and the other characters tell her off for babbling on...
2) The author makes a lot if use of references to popular culture such as catch phrases from TV shows etc. It makes the book very British and current, but it doesn't give the characters depth and I didn't really care about any of them.
Sorry, a bit negative, I should add that my wife enjoyed reading it so check other reviews before making a decision. ;O)
May 22, 2012
I must say, it's been a while since I read this type of book but in so many ways I can relate!
Roxy moves from London to a village with her boyfriend and baby to find life incredibly different. Her boyfriend works leaving her home all day. Having left all her friends behind she feels lost and alone. This was me 2 years ago.
Roxy finds a way to meet other people. She begins The Pissed Off Parents Club. A chance for anyone with kids or care for kids to get their annoyances off their chest.
I think there's been a time where everyone I know can relate to part of the storyline as it relates to so many aspects of relationships.
True to life, funny and a good all rounder, this book was a light enjoyable read from start to finish.
Roxy moves from London to a village with her boyfriend and baby to find life incredibly different. Her boyfriend works leaving her home all day. Having left all her friends behind she feels lost and alone. This was me 2 years ago.
Roxy finds a way to meet other people. She begins The Pissed Off Parents Club. A chance for anyone with kids or care for kids to get their annoyances off their chest.
I think there's been a time where everyone I know can relate to part of the storyline as it relates to so many aspects of relationships.
True to life, funny and a good all rounder, this book was a light enjoyable read from start to finish.
February 19, 2013
I was rather tempted to put this on my "non-fiction" shelf! lol. Couldn't put this book down.....i need a pissed off parents club! I was amazed (and a little embarrassed) by how many things i could relate to. I love all the characters especially Roxanne the main character, shes quite self centred and a little judgemental. The only thing that bugged me is how she was digging in the back of the sofa and handbags to find enough money to by a broccoli but had enough money to get wasted every wednesday evening at the pissed off parents club meeting.
I am a stay at home mum looking after my two girls and i must say i do sometimes snap at my other half when he gets in from work but its normally because like Jack he assumes mums do nothing all day and we have it easy. Great book! 4.5 / 5
I am a stay at home mum looking after my two girls and i must say i do sometimes snap at my other half when he gets in from work but its normally because like Jack he assumes mums do nothing all day and we have it easy. Great book! 4.5 / 5
February 22, 2011
This is a real page turner. Right from the quote to the thank yous at the end. Normally it would take me a whole month to finish a book but this one only took me less than a week. Well, I do have a busy household to tend with! Roxy is my favourite and I could relate to her. Although, she is a single mum I knew what it was like when my 3 kids were small. When finished reading the book I said to my husband "I could do with going to a club like this one!". He went suddenly quiet and started doing the washing up and has been doing it ever since. Hehe.:) Loved any minuet of this book. Made me laugh at all the moans and groans.
September 9, 2014
I liked this book and it made me laugh . Roxy is a first time mother at fourth and not coping very well. She feels isolated in the country village they have only just moved to and decides to start a club to meet other parents in the same situation. Roxy was born in the UK but brought up in Australia and has the colourful personality of an Aussie girl. If you were a first time parent you will recognise a lot of the situations and problems facing Roxy and some of the funny or embarrassing things that toddlers do just at totally the wrong moment in public! A very down to earth and funny book.
October 15, 2011
Oh my gosh, I finally finished this book, I loved the whole concept of this book, a group of people who get together to share each others gripes of their family lives, but even though it was interesting, it was far to slow for my liking, and I am someone, who, no matter how slow the storyline or how boring, I have to finish the book, so with that said, I just might be able to get back to reading a book a week, instead of taking months to read one book.
March 6, 2013
Have to agree with a friend who recently read and reviewed this there's a lot of non-fiction in this lol.
It lost a star because I predicted a lot of the final pair ups and character storylines along the way but I still found this enjoyable to read and would recommend to any parents out there particularly stay at home parents of children under 3 who will still remember clearly the lifestyle this book portrays through its characters.
Looking forward to reading the follow on Manic Mum Day.
It lost a star because I predicted a lot of the final pair ups and character storylines along the way but I still found this enjoyable to read and would recommend to any parents out there particularly stay at home parents of children under 3 who will still remember clearly the lifestyle this book portrays through its characters.
Looking forward to reading the follow on Manic Mum Day.
June 15, 2011
It was okay. I think I might have appreciated it more if I was in a similar situation to Roxane. I just couldn't really empathise with her and found myself getting frustrated by her attitude. This is a personal thing, I'm sure. Many people will enjoy this book; it is lighthearted and funny, but it just didn't work for me.
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July 25, 2011Trying to be ironic and clever about the monotony of life at home with a small child, this just turns out to be a bit whiny. A few moments of humour couldn't sustain my interest in this, despite the fact I would gladly have joined this club at one point! I lost sympathy for the woman just as she started to light up another ciggie.
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