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5 Minutes for Books — Slummy Mummy

August 18, 2008 by Jennifer Donovan

This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

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Slummy Mummy by Fiona Nell was pitched to my review consideration as “Full of humor and feeling, SLUMMY MUMMY arrives on U.S. shores to delight everyone who took Bridget Jones to heart a decade ago and now has kids. Your readership will love it!”

Somehow I missed the “full of feeling” part, and as I read it, I thought that they had severely undersold this truthfully touching account of a mom who doesn’t have it all together. She’s the kind of mom who drops her kids off for school while she’s still in her pajamas, whose children sleep in their clothes so that they aren’t late for school as they rush through the morning, and who is always losing her credit card and her car keys. It is full of feeling. Some of the descriptions as she looked at her life made me stop and read them a second time.

Yes, it’s funny. Yes, she gets into scrapes that you wonder how she’s going to escape with her dignity, but Lucy Sweeney is so much more than a lovable buffoon. Keeping the Bridget Jones comparison in mind, I was glad that it was missing the excessive profanity (although there is some) that was found in that movie and novel.

“Really she’s nothing like Bridget Jones,” I thought. “She’s a real person. Yes, a bit comical, but she gets what it’s really like to be a wife and a mom. To try your best, and yet still feel as if you are failing. . . to be tempted by the differently exciting lives of others.”

Once I had finished the book, laughing, crying a bit, and thinking a lot, it hit me — hard. When I read or watched Bridget Jones it was as a married woman. I did see her as a bit of a comical buffoon, but I was not single. I think that a single woman struggling to find love probably viewed Jones in the same way that many moms today will view Sweeney — an over-the-top version of yourself or someone you know, who in spite of being a bit of a comical figure has the same deep thoughts and feelings that you do.

There is plenty of real life in this novel — real gritty life that some people might not want to read about — marital infidelity, some talk of drugs, drinking, etc — but it’s also real in that she completely “gets” what it’s like to be a full-time mom, competing with other moms, looking for friendship, hoping not to lose yourself.

It’s probably not for everyone, but if you like a little humor mixed in with some hard choices and a glimpse into a life like your own, yet not, you might enjoy Slummy Mummy.

If you’d like to win a copy, leave a comment here. We’ll announce the winner in next week’s column.

The winner of last week’s book The Motherhood Manual and gift package including a tiara is #71 Rebecca Doherty.

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About Jennifer Donovan

Jennifer Donovan has been a part of the 5 Minutes for Mom team since 2007. She writes product reviews, covers events, and manages the 5 Minutes for Books weekly column and website. She lives in Houston and blogs at Snapshot about life with her family.

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191 Comments

  1. Carissa D. says

    August 24, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    Sounds great. Thanks!

    Reply
  2. Veronica Garrett says

    August 24, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    I would love to win this funny book.

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  3. Suanne Giddings says

    August 24, 2008 at 9:36 pm

    I want to LAUGH! I want to CRY! I want to EMPATHIZE! And then I want to do it all over again. I could do all of that if I won this book. Thanks for such a great giveaway!

    Reply
  4. Donna Kozar says

    August 24, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    It sounds good.

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  5. Nick says

    August 24, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    Count me in to win! Looks like a great read!

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  6. Carolyn Ireland says

    August 24, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    Thanks so much for offering this contest! I hope to win!

    Reply
  7. Kathy Conley says

    August 24, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    Looks like a fun end-of-summer read!

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  8. Jeanine P says

    August 24, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Sounds like fun! I would love to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!

    Reply
  9. Theresa N says

    August 24, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    I’d like to read this book.

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  10. Pamela White says

    August 24, 2008 at 4:54 pm

    I would love a laugh. I hope I win.

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  11. Jean says

    August 24, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    Thank you!

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  12. kathleen Yohanna says

    August 24, 2008 at 4:14 pm

    This sounds like a really funny book. I would like to have a copy. I need a laugh right now.
    Thanks for the contest.

    Reply
  13. Jennifer Schroeder says

    August 24, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Sound like a good read! Please count me in! Thanks!

    Reply
  14. kathy pease says

    August 24, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    PLEASE COUNT ME IN ON THIS AWESOME GIVEAWAY 🙂

    Reply
  15. Patricia Hill says

    August 24, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Sounds like a great read. And, one I can pass on to my daughters whom are young mothers themselves.

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  16. DL Stephens says

    August 24, 2008 at 1:30 pm

    I love to read all kinds of books. Count me in and thanks for the contest!

    Reply
  17. Janet says

    August 24, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Sounds interesting

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  18. Erica G says

    August 24, 2008 at 10:04 am

    I am a first time mom and feel like I don’t have it together alot of the time. I would love to have this.

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  19. Heather C says

    August 24, 2008 at 4:34 am

    Sounds like a fun read. Count me in.

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  20. C Duran says

    August 24, 2008 at 1:39 am

    Looks like a good read.

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  21. karen says

    August 24, 2008 at 12:54 am

    I love getting lost in a good book.

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  22. Lara Aleff says

    August 24, 2008 at 12:23 am

    I’d love to read this book!

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  23. Catherine copeland says

    August 23, 2008 at 9:14 pm

    slummy mummy wow what an interesting title and now i need to read it so i can satiate my interest in the book

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  24. romero says

    August 23, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    would love to be entered.

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  25. Delores says

    August 23, 2008 at 8:19 pm

    please enter me!

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  26. Audrey b says

    August 23, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    sounds cute

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  27. Susanne Troop says

    August 23, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    I would love to read this book!

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  28. ellen cunningham says

    August 23, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Please enter me. Thanks

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  29. Erma Hurtt says

    August 23, 2008 at 5:44 pm

    Count me in.

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  30. Hesper Fry says

    August 23, 2008 at 3:49 pm

    Looks like a great read! Count me in!

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  31. Marion B says

    August 23, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    I feel like a slummy mummy most of the time so this would be fun to read!

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  32. Denise says

    August 23, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    This looks like a fun read. I am in!

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  33. Paula S says

    August 23, 2008 at 10:07 am

    Great Giveaway! I would love to read this book!

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  34. Sarah Buki says

    August 23, 2008 at 9:55 am

    sounds like a funny book!

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  35. Janice Wright says

    August 23, 2008 at 9:22 am

    This sounds like a good book!

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  36. Sherri Siler says

    August 23, 2008 at 8:42 am

    Looks like a great book.

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  37. Zoe Lee says

    August 23, 2008 at 3:36 am

    I would love to read this , thanks for the contest.

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  38. amandasue says

    August 23, 2008 at 1:36 am

    Sounds like an interesting book

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  39. Stacie Ruyle says

    August 23, 2008 at 12:04 am

    I’d love to win this book 🙂

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  40. Erica Kahn says

    August 22, 2008 at 10:44 pm

    Seems like a great read.

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  41. joy northrop says

    August 22, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    would love to read this!

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  42. CHERYL A FRANCISCO says

    August 22, 2008 at 6:29 pm

    commenting for entry please.
    [email protected]

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  43. Donna W says

    August 22, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    I would love to win this prize!!

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  44. Alexia says

    August 22, 2008 at 7:58 am

    This sounds like an entertaining book and I’m always on the prowl for new stories!

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  45. Ruthie says

    August 22, 2008 at 4:09 am

    Sounds like a good read! 🙂 I would love to win a copy. Thanks for the opportunity.

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  46. brandy wilson says

    August 22, 2008 at 2:22 am

    I think this book sounds fascinating

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  47. Audrey Okaneko says

    August 22, 2008 at 12:15 am

    This sounds like a great read. Thanks!

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  48. Christi says

    August 21, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    sounds like a fun, easy read! Thanks for sharing!

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  49. Vicki Wurgler says

    August 21, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    this sounds like a fun book-I’d love to win

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  50. Bevelry says

    August 21, 2008 at 8:56 pm

    I’d definitely like to read this book…sounds good!

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  51. tanya wilson says

    August 21, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    Sounds like a good book!

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  52. Christine says

    August 21, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    I really want to read this. I even checked it out from the library but had to return it without reading it because I ran out of time!!!

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  53. Lisa Fosses says

    August 21, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    sound like a fun read

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  54. The Diaper Diaries says

    August 21, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Love it, count me in!!

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  55. Alicia Webster says

    August 21, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    sounds like my kind of book…I wish that I was a little less “slummy” and a little more organized…
    Alicia Webster
    [email protected]

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  56. ELV says

    August 21, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    sounds like a fun book

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  57. Tammy says

    August 21, 2008 at 10:25 am

    Sounds like a fun read – thanks for the chance.

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  58. Terra Heck says

    August 21, 2008 at 1:36 am

    I’d like to read this book.

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  59. Jessica says

    August 21, 2008 at 1:00 am

    I’d love to read this!

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  60. Ginny says

    August 20, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    Looks cute!

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  61. Tracey Haynes says

    August 20, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    My book group read this – and I missed this month – they all loved it! I never got to read it though and would love a chance at a copy! 🙂

    Reply
  62. judy brittle says

    August 20, 2008 at 6:38 pm

    This does sound like it would be enjoyable to read. Thank you so much!

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  63. Tammy Firth says

    August 20, 2008 at 5:48 pm

    Sounds intresting please pick me!!!

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  64. Sara Taylor says

    August 20, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    Sounds like a great breaktime read for this slummy mummy.

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  65. kristenkj says

    August 20, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    I’d love to win a copy! Thanks!

    Reply
  66. lara southam says

    August 20, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    i feel like i need to read slummy mummy cuz it looks great and i need to come over my mistakes if you see what i mean… so thank you!

    Reply
  67. Sarah says

    August 20, 2008 at 11:57 am

    enter me!

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  68. cindy Allen says

    August 20, 2008 at 10:50 am

    looks like a great read. Thanks

    Reply
  69. Kathy Scott says

    August 20, 2008 at 9:07 am

    I love to read and I have been looking for some new authors. Thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  70. Tina says

    August 20, 2008 at 7:33 am

    This sounds like something I can relate to.

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  71. Michele says

    August 20, 2008 at 1:40 am

    I really enjoyed reading your review of Slummy Mummy. I also really liked Bridget Jones so I appreciate your comparison to that book. I’d love to be entered into your giveaway!

    Thanks so much!!
    Michele R.(CA)
    [email protected]

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  72. Cindi says

    August 20, 2008 at 1:10 am

    The cover alone of this book makes me smile! I always enjoy reading a book with some humor about being a mom. Please enter me in your drawing. Many thanks, Cindi

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  73. Desiree says

    August 20, 2008 at 1:08 am

    Always looking for a new read 😉

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  74. aliadam says

    August 20, 2008 at 12:18 am

    I love a fun read and this sounds like one. Even the title makes me smile. Thanks!!

    Reply
  75. sabb266 says

    August 19, 2008 at 10:18 pm

    Sounds like a great read! Thanks for the giveaway.

    Reply
  76. Sharon Jones says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    would LOVE to win this…thanks!!!!!!!

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  77. Linda says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:04 pm

    I like everyone else would love to read this book.

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  78. Mike Weisberg says

    August 19, 2008 at 5:24 pm

    I want to win

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  79. Sky says

    August 19, 2008 at 5:15 pm

    This is a good book…another great one is Mommy Tracked. I loved it!

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  80. kristi blackstone says

    August 19, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    I love reading! I’m on bedrest with pregnancy right now so would enjoy this book!

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  81. midwestmommy says

    August 19, 2008 at 3:26 pm

    I might have to check the library if I don’t win 🙂

    Reply
  82. Susan says

    August 19, 2008 at 3:23 pm

    Sounds like me!! Would like to read this book!

    Reply
  83. Belinda A. says

    August 19, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Sounds like a ‘must read’ for a mom:)

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  84. Monique Rizzo says

    August 19, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    Can always use a good book!

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  85. Veggiemomof2 says

    August 19, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Looks like a good book!

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  86. Anita Yancey says

    August 19, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Would love to read. Please enter me.

    Reply
  87. Karen Gonyea says

    August 19, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    Looks like a really fun read !

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  88. Barbara Fox says

    August 19, 2008 at 2:48 pm

    This book looks really good. Enter me please.

    Reply
  89. Shannon says

    August 19, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    sounds good

    Reply
  90. Ren says

    August 19, 2008 at 1:05 pm

    Sounds like a great read! Would love this.

    Reply
  91. djp says

    August 19, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    i’m in!@

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  92. veronica sandberg says

    August 19, 2008 at 1:01 pm

    love to read

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  93. Vicky Boackle says

    August 19, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    i love to read and this looks great.

    Reply
  94. lylah ledner says

    August 19, 2008 at 12:51 pm

    i’m just delighting in and giggling over the reality of the cover.

    Reply
  95. Katherine Newton says

    August 19, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I’d love to win!

    Reply
  96. valerie mabrey says

    August 19, 2008 at 11:41 am

    thanks for the contest

    Reply
  97. Susan M. Heim says

    August 19, 2008 at 10:08 am

    This sounds like a really good book. I’d love to read it!

    Reply
  98. Tara R says

    August 19, 2008 at 10:04 am

    This sounds fascinating!

    Reply
  99. Mommy Zabs says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:49 am

    would love to win a book like this!

    Reply
  100. Liz says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:38 am

    I’ve been wanting to read this book since I read an excerpt in a magazine. Count me in!

    Reply
  101. Nancy says

    August 19, 2008 at 9:10 am

    I’d love to win, sounds right up my alley!

    Reply
  102. Nicole C. says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:44 am

    I would love to read this book!

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  103. tobye says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:37 am

    Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  104. Cheryl B. says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:11 am

    Any book that can make me laugh until I cry is a good read.

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  105. Susan C says

    August 19, 2008 at 8:00 am

    This sounds like the type of book I love; humor and chaos!

    Reply
  106. Noreen says

    August 19, 2008 at 2:01 am

    I would love this book

    Reply
  107. Corrie C says

    August 19, 2008 at 1:29 am

    good read for a mummy

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  108. Stephen Saunders says

    August 19, 2008 at 1:14 am

    Cool contest, thank you.

    Reply
  109. pineapple princess says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    I’m a dummy for a contest–count me in. I am anxious to find out if I fit in the slummy mummy category.

    Thanks for all of the fun contests.

    Reply
  110. Kathleen says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    I’m really glad I read through your review because I’ve got to say, the title and the comparison to Bridgit Jones turned me off pretty quickly. I think this would be a fun book to read.

    It doesn’t count as dropping your kids off in your jammies if you sleep in sweatpants, right?

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  111. Felicia Lockamy says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    Sounds like a book you cant compare to any other, what a fun read. Thank you

    Reply
  112. Valerie Mitchell says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:33 pm

    What a wonderful prize!

    Reply
  113. beth shepherd says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:47 pm

    Thank you for having this! I would love to be able to read this!

    Reply
  114. Brooke says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:36 pm

    Seems like a perfect book for me. I haven’t made my son sleep in his clothes yet, but it sounds like a good idea.

    Reply
  115. Dawn says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Sounds great! Count me in!

    Reply
  116. Leslie says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Terrific

    Reply
  117. Megan says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    Sounds like a funny book.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  118. christopher h says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:02 pm

    sounds really good

    Reply
  119. JONI CHADWELL says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    this looks like it would be fun

    Reply
  120. danandmarsh says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    Sounds like some funny reading! I’m in!

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  121. dh says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    This sounds like a fun read. I wish I wasn’t so slummy myself some days.

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  122. Kimberly says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    This sounds like a book I would love to read.

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  123. Anne says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:06 pm

    Sounds interesting; I’d love to win a copy!

    Thanks

    Reply
  124. Tonya Froemel says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm

    like to win this

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  125. Soha Molina says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:56 pm

    I’d love to read it. Thanks!

    Reply
  126. Channah says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    Wow, I want to read this!

    Reply
  127. Natalie says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    Sounds like a fun read!

    Reply
  128. Kellie says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    I would read this one!

    Reply
  129. Omie says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    I would love to read this book.

    Reply
  130. mikki roo says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    Sounds like a fun read – I’m always on the lookout for those. Another great author is Charles Martin… I’m actually hosting a giveaway (my first!) of one of his books, so be sure to pay me a visit @
    http://betweenloadsoflaundry.blogspot.com/

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  131. Elaine says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    Sounds like a good read-here’s hoping!

    Reply
  132. Gina Stratos says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    Love the title!
    [email protected]

    Reply
  133. vrinda says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:52 pm

    I would love this book. I know I have my own “slummy mummy” moments. Thanks for the chance to win.

    Reply
  134. Ana says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:42 pm

    i’m interested

    Reply
  135. Pamela Vest says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    I love to read especially things that relate to real life. please enter me.

    Reply
  136. Susan Smith says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:03 pm

    Please enter me

    Reply
  137. Andrea R says

    August 18, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    I’m a stay at home mom & after reading the review it sounds like I could really relate to Slummy Mummy.

    Reply
  138. jenna says

    August 18, 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Looks fabulous. Thanks!

    Reply
  139. Perky says

    August 18, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Sounds interesting — I’d read it!

    Reply
  140. Kathy D says

    August 18, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    sounds like a fun read… thank u for all the great contests

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  141. Charlotte says

    August 18, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    Sounds like a great book. I’d love to read it.

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  142. Tanya Moyer says

    August 18, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Lucy sounds like a character I’d like to read about!

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  143. Rhonda Struthers says

    August 18, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    I would love to read this

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  144. Tammy says

    August 18, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    I would love to win this!

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  145. SANDY says

    August 18, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    oh I wanna read it

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  146. Michele says

    August 18, 2008 at 2:03 pm

    Count me in.

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  147. Dawn says

    August 18, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    It sounds like something I would really like to read.

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  148. Jenn S. says

    August 18, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    Count me in. I am always looking for a good read.

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  149. tracey says

    August 18, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Sounds like a good read! Count me in on that contest!

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  150. Doll Clothes Gal says

    August 18, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Thanks for that – I’m an avid reader but I don’t this one. Looks fun though – I must try it.

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  151. susan varney says

    August 18, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    i had an ege exam today

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  152. Denise says

    August 18, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    I love reading. Count me in!

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  153. Louise Brouillette says

    August 18, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    I’m always looking for good reads!

    Reply
  154. Elizabeth M. says

    August 18, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    This looks completely entertaining. You make it sound like so much fun!

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  155. Beau says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:51 am

    Thanks for the book review.

    Reply
  156. Nikowa says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:47 am

    This sounds like a great book!

    Reply
  157. TheAngelForever says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:44 am

    I saw this at the library the other day and did not get a chance to pick it up. I think it sounds very interesting and would love a chance to read it. Thanks for the opportunity.

    Reply
  158. Magi says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:29 am

    Sounds like an interesting read.

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  159. charline s says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Wow You have me soooooooo interested in this book. We as Mom’s sometimes think that we are the only ones that feel the way we do sometimes. Would love it.

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  160. Michelle Rosborough says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:06 am

    I’d love to read this book

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  161. Heidi says

    August 18, 2008 at 11:06 am

    That sounds like a really good book!

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  162. Kilikina says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:42 am

    Yes I would love to win a copy. Count me in please.

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  163. Hil'Lesha says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:39 am

    I’d love to read this. 🙂

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  164. DJ says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:38 am

    I would love to read something funny!

    Reply
  165. Kelly's Krazy Kids says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:27 am

    I would love a copy!

    Reply
  166. Linda White says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:24 am

    sounds like my kind of book to read! Fun stuff!

    Reply
  167. Keri Martin says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:24 am

    I love to read. This one sounds great!

    Reply
  168. Maddy says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:04 am

    Hmm I could do with some ‘light’ entertainment myself , even though my nightstand is already groaning with protest at the stack of only just started books.

    Great review – I also read and later saw the movie after I was married with a similar perspective, and you know those Brits and their profanity.
    Cheers

    Reply
  169. JenPerkins says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:03 am

    OMG! I put my kids to bed in the clothes they are wearing the next day to save time, and I do go to the store in the same sweatpants I’ve slept in (no point even having pajamas). This book would be great therapy for me, and help me get over my guilt for being such a slummy mummy myself.

    Reply
  170. Mama Zen says

    August 18, 2008 at 10:00 am

    I would definitely like to read this!

    Reply
  171. melissa says

    August 18, 2008 at 9:52 am

    Count me in, thanks!

    Reply
  172. kimberly says

    August 18, 2008 at 9:47 am

    I think this are some things we all can relate to! Sounds like a great read.

    Reply
  173. Sally says

    August 18, 2008 at 9:25 am

    This sounds like my kinda book–one that will have me laughing and crying.
    smilingsal55[at]yahoo[dot]com

    Reply
  174. K. Cleaver says

    August 18, 2008 at 9:16 am

    Good review! This sounds like a book I’d enjoy reading. It’s something a little different than I’d normally read.

    Reply
  175. Julie says

    August 18, 2008 at 9:07 am

    I’d love to win this! Sounds like a good read.

    Reply
  176. Ruth :) says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:55 am

    Sounds like fun … sign me up!

    Reply
  177. HeresTheDiehl says

    August 18, 2008 at 8:13 am

    I’d love to win a copy!

    Reply
  178. James Jenkins says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:47 am

    wow

    Reply
  179. Debbie B. says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:46 am

    Sounds great! hope you pick me!

    Reply
  180. Monica says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:39 am

    pick me!

    Reply
  181. Monkey Giggles says

    August 18, 2008 at 7:32 am

    I would love to read this.

    Reply
  182. Tonya says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:25 am

    Please enter me!!!

    Reply
  183. emily says

    August 18, 2008 at 6:25 am

    This sounds like a fun book. I could use something right now to make me feel like I’m doing an alright job at this mom thing.

    Reply
  184. Karissa says

    August 18, 2008 at 5:28 am

    i think I need a book like this, to make me feel “not so bad about my own mistakes” if you catch my not so subtle drift.

    Reply
  185. candeelady says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:52 am

    We all have our Slummy Mummy Momments or Hours or Days or Weeks – Thank God we can laugh about it later and usually our kids don’t see how goofy we were at the time! Although during the tween years they tune in and really enjoy Mom’s mistakes. My son loves to tell the whole family about any driving mistakes I”ve ever made and he is of course exaggerating!

    Reply
  186. Colette says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:22 am

    Sounds like a fun read.

    Reply
  187. Junglewife says

    August 18, 2008 at 4:02 am

    Sounds like a great read. I love those kind of books – have you read “Confessions of a Shopaholic”? There’s a whole series with Shopaholic, and even though many of her antics make me cringe, I especially liked the one where she was pregnant because I could identify more with her =)

    Reply
  188. Sheila says

    August 18, 2008 at 2:41 am

    Sounds like a fun read and one to pass around!

    Reply
  189. trish says

    August 18, 2008 at 12:52 am

    Sounds good 🙂

    Reply
  190. Melissa says

    August 18, 2008 at 12:19 am

    Sounds great! I would love to read it!

    Reply

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