I was amused when a book I was reading on the train yesterday mentioned Mumsnet - the protagonist had apparently spent a lot of time on Mumsnet and, in the story, was on there again looking for advice about her son's problems. The novel was 'Don't tell teacher' by Suzy K Quinn.
I wondered what other novels namecheck Mumsnet and if any writers on here have ever included Mumsnet in their books (Suzy K Quinn, if you are on here IRL, your book kept me sane by absorbing me on a packed and delayed train, so thank you ).
If you've read (or written) a book that mentions Mumsnet, what was the book and why did MN come into it?
Ah ha - I've got that on my 'to read' list because I like Sophie Hannah and (as always with her novels) the premise sounds really intriguing, so I'll look out for the Mumsnet mention.
The Why Mummy Drinks series definitely do (IIRC one of the characters threatens to start a parking thread with diagrams ). Definitely in the 3rd one, can't remember for sure if the earlier ones do but I think so.
Just looked Sweetpea up on Amazon and it looks great - I love a good thriller. I didn't start this thread to get a reading list but it seems to be what's happened .
It's on the list now, WhiteBadger. I like Gillian McAllister too so will probably come across her reference sooner or later while feeding my book addiction.
I do wonder if Kate Atkinson is on here. In A God of Ruins, Mumsnet is referenced when a novelist character remembers a one line comment on MN about one of her books.
In Those People, one of the characters is one of those 'mumpreneurs' who runs a parents website and is indignant when her SIL says her job isn't a real one. She says something like 'the families of the MN founders wouldn't talk to them like that'.
It's ages since I've read a Kate Atkinson. I'm sure I have heard Jo Brand mention MN on TV (a poster called 'EatShitDerek' I think) - I could easily imagine her being on here. Probably a standing temptation to novelists with writer's block!
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