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A Year in the Life of a Playground Mother
- A School Gates Comedy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
Ever had the pleasure of collecting your children from the school playground? Even if you haven't, this is a hilarious must-listen.
Fed up with the playground mafia at her children’s school, Rachel Young is desperate for a change. With her family and various pets in tow, a picture-perfect village in the countryside beckons. There, Rachel’s children will be able to keep chickens and skip through fields, and she’ll bid farewell to the botoxed, fake-Gucci wearing Mumzillas forever. But at the new school the mums are even worse, and before long, Rachel finds herself contending with a motley crew including Mrs High School Musical, The International Sex God and The Frisky Pensioner. While the children are practicing their sums and perfecting their reading, Rachel is learning some harsh lessons on the other side of the school gates - and ruffling plenty of feathers along the way.
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‘Well-observed, highly-relatable and wickedly-funny.’ (Cathy Bramley)
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- Anonymous User
- 26-04-24
Judgemental but accurate
Liked it's being said as it was.., didn't like not speaking up for herself
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- Anonymous User
- 20-02-24
It was very amusing and entertaining!
I laughed a lot and as a stay at home mom could relate to a lot! 🤣🤣🤣
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- Anonymous User
- 29-10-23
Great fun
Wish I’d read this when my children were at primary school.
Great fun ,lots of laughs along the way.
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- Tina-louise Carroll
- 12-03-24
Mum's on a mission
Really enjoyed listening to this book, Karen Cass is such a great narrator and sells the story for the audio book. The story was relatable and managed to get through the book in a day or so. Recommend giving it a listen/read.
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- Suzanne Mitchell
- 03-08-22
So funny and relatable
This book has ups and downs but overall it’s funny and relatable to all parent with preschool children. I really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to buy the next installment. Brilliant
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- Nadia H.
- 03-01-24
Horrible attitude
I did not expect Karen Cass to be narrating this book, she was the only reason I picked it. it's very ....bully-ish vibe
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- Ann
- 03-02-24
Sooo funny!
This is hilarious, and I’ve loved every minute of it! A fun story about a group of mothers who meet at the school gate - gossip, bitching, one upmanship through your kids, who gets invited to parties, and who is deliberately left out, how parents can behave worse than their children on the playground! … but in reality it is more about friendship and just what goes on behind peoples doors. It’s about how to be kind and gentle with other people, even when they don’t reciprocate. How to walk away from a fight; how to do the right or nice thing, when you know something about someone else.
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- P
- 08-01-24
Relatable, funny, but why put up with Penelope 🤷♀️
Entertaining and witty, but I just couldn’t understand why Rachel put up with dreadful Penelope for so long. Penelope and her philandering husband were just awful people.
A lot of the characters had terrible traits, but that’s what made it quite realistic. Penelope was definitely the pits. Even the most tolerant person would surely be pushed to breaking point by her.
I’m afraid that I would have thrown her out early on!
Otherwise, a funny tale of school mums and village life.
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- C watson
- 09-01-24
Very funny book with excellent narration
I really enjoyed this book. Lots of giggle/laugh out loud moments. I just love the bus game! Narration was perfect and brought the characters to life
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- Annie M
- 16-10-23
Boring storyline
I'm two hours into this book now and I'm done. Found the storyline boring, uninteresting and lacking in humour. Perhaps things may have improved further in, but that is something I'll never know.
Everyone has different tastes, but this one is not for me and is not a book I would recommend.
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