M is for Mummy Katy Cox

M IS FOR MUMMY BY KATY COX

Hardback published by Corvus 5th May 2022

Pages 384

ISBN 9781838953133

Your family doesn’t fit the mould.

So what?

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

Since giving birth to her second child, Lucy’s life is totally unrecognisable: the romance in her marriage is officially dead and so is the career it took her years to build.

Instead of playing the cello behind superstars at packed-out arenas, Lucy now spends most days mopping up broccoli vomit whilst listening to her four-year-old 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.

MY REVIEW

What I like about this book is how the author has invented a mother, that every mother can relate to in one way or another.

I have two daughters, that are fully grown up now, but I remember how difficult it was to run baths, washing and ironing, cooking and cleaning with not much time for myself.

Here we find Lucy a stay at home mother, committed to looking after her demanding son while expecting another baby, with being up at 6.30am in the morning to see her husband Ed set off to play his guitar live on TV.

I did feel quite sympathetic towards Lucy as she found it hard to loose the weight after her second baby. After both of my daughters were born I immediately lost the weight, but I know a few mothers don’t, this one of the reasons why this story is so relatable.

I was really happy for Lucy as she is finally going to have time for herself, getting her escape back into playing her cello, at a gig.

I found the story full of humour with a diet plan, that left me feeling heartbroken for Lucy, when her diet plan leaves her frustrated.

Although author Katy Cox has based her life as a professional musician and a mum of boys, on the main character, I can honestly say that M IS FOR MUMMY, is one those page turning stories that has plenty of laugh out situations, plus with lots of other mixed emotions.

With my fast forward thinking I’m wondering what will author Katy Cox write about next time?

My memories of this hilarious story is sealed inside me, that’s why for me I just can’t resist giving this funny novel five big stars!

About author Katy Cox

Katy Cox is a Welsh professional musician who has performed with artists including Michael Bublé, Elton John, Paul Weller and Take That. 

After the birth of her first child, Katy took a break from touring and swapped a life of wild backstage parties and 4 a.m. lobby calls for one spent burping babies and mopping up broccoli vomit. As an alternative creative outlet to performing on the world’s biggest stages, Katy started writing and illustrating a comedy blog called ‘Carry On Katy,’ and for two consecutive years, she was voted through to the finals of the Britmum’s ‘Brilliance In Blogging’ awards alongside some absolute legends like ‘The Unmumsy Mum.’ 

Katy is a mum of two incredible autistic boys who blow her tiny mind on a daily basis. Her sons can identify any country of the world by shape alone, yet she still can’t point out France or Germany on a map without the help of Google.

But don’t pity her.

She might not be a geography expert, but she can make an orgasmic lasagne, play a mean Twinkle Twinkle on the recorder and, unbeknownst to many, she was awarded a ballroom dancing medal at the age of nine for a mesmerising performance of the Cha Cha Cha with an eighty-year-old woman. 

‘M is for Mummy’ is Katy’s first novel.

Here is the link to the hardback M is for Mummy.