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'Mums@Home' by Sophie King-- a novel about mumsnet, surely?!

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Orlando · 06/06/2006 15:52

Was in Smiths today and saw this. Here's its Amazon review...

Synopsis
Love, laughter, and logging on...Calling all mums! What would you do if your husband had a fling? Have you ever had to keep a terrible secret from your kids? Do you sometimes wish you had a life outside being a mum? Are you pregnant and alone? Caroline, Mark, Susan and Lisa are as different as the parenting problems they face and each has their own reasons for logging on to the Mums@Home website for the very first time. At first they are cynical about the site - how can faceless people possibly help or understand what they are going through? But as the weeks pass and their family problems escalate, each of them begins to realise that Mums@Home has become a lifeline - somewhere to go for advice, to be heard, to escape, or to belong...Sophie King captures the zeitgeist once again with this warm, moving and engaging look at modern parenting and finding friends.

Like, who needs to read about it when we're living the life??

(Actually, I've always thought that there was a novel in here somewhere, but would have made it a murder/mystery myself, with all the clues hidden in the posts...)

So who's going to read it and report back?

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Orlando · 06/06/2006 16:26

(yours would be funnier, Cappucino.)

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Tinker · 06/06/2006 16:25

I've always thought it could be a tv prog, a Clocking Off type thing.

Orlando · 06/06/2006 16:25

I think we probably DO know what to expect after hanging around here! Can she make it as bizarre, funny, litiginous and dramatic as the real thing? Grin

Do keep us posted when you've read it!

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Cappucino · 06/06/2006 16:23

bollocks

that's my tell-all novel shafted then

sophie bleeding king got there first

Bumblelion · 06/06/2006 16:18

I have actually got it in my bag at the moment, although not started it. As soon as I get near the end of one book (currently Mark Billington, Lifeless) I like to have the next one ready. Thought I would finish Lifeless on the train but met up with a friend and chatted instead. Hopefully finish Lifeless tonight and then can start Mums@Home. Not sure what to expect really, not my normal type of reading.