Your family doesn’t fit the mould. So what?

Lucy had it all: an exciting career, a rock star husband, and pelvic floor muscles that could crack a walnut. And then, she had kids.

Since giving birth to her second child, Lucy’s life is unrecognisable. Instead of playing the cello behind superstars at packed out arenas, she now spends most days mopping up broccoli vomit whilst listening to her four-year-old son recite facts about the gallbladder.

Something needs to change.

With a little help from her friends, Lucy comes up with a plan to get her life on track, claw back her career and help her extraordinary son to find his place in an ordinary world.

‘Funny and touching’ —Dawn French

‘A truthful book that dives headfirst into the realities of motherhood that will make you laugh out loud and touch your heart in equal measure— Izzy Judd

A relatable but original read you won’t be able to put down…will make you laugh out loud. Simply brilliant!— Vicki Broadbent (The Honest Mum)

Honest, heartfelt, and frankly bloody hilarious!—Rowan Coleman

Mishaps at work. Misery at the school gate. Mayhem at home.

Things will get easier when he starts school… That’s what Lucy was told, and she believed it. But now that her autistic son Stanley has joined reception, his obsession with Africa and daily screaming fits at the school gates haven’t exactly won him or Lucy any popularity contests.

So for Stanley’s fifth birthday, Lucy plans an extravagant party to help him connect with his classmates. But her autistic husband Ed knows how his son’s mind works better that anyone, so instead if a big bash, they travel to Wales to eat a Libya-shaped birthday cake with Lucy’s family.

And suddenly, Lucy is faced with the truth about what her loved ones really need, and how they can finally find their tribe.

The frank, funny and uplifting tale of one unique family continues as Stanley starts school, Jack enters the terrible twos, Dad Ed retreats into his Action Man collection and Mum Lucy tries to hold it all together.

Motherland meets The A Word.

Out NOW on Hardback, eBook and audiobook. Paperback coming March 7th!