We’ve got the balance all wrong. Instead of living with our partners, struggling to do everything by ourselves and only seeing each other now and then, we should do it the other way round. We should live together and see them now and then.
Erica knows her suggestion sounds extreme, but when her nanny leaves without notice, she’s extremely desperate. Polly and Louise aren’t convinced, but when circumstances force them to move into Polly’s enormous but run-down house, they have to admit that life’s much easier when the childcare and workload is shared.
At first, communal living seems like the answer to all their prayers - childcare on tap, rotas for cleaning, and someone always available to cook dinner (no more last-minute pizza delivery!). But over time, resentment starts to grow as they judge each other’s parenting styles and bicker over cleaning, cooking and whose turn it is to buy toilet rolls.
And as one woman has her head turned by a handsome colleague, one resorts to spying on her husband and another fights to keep a dark secret, they need each other more than ever. But can Polly, Louise and Erica keep their friendship and relationships strong? Or will their perfect mumtopia fall apart?
Essential reading for anyone fed up with never-ending housework/homeschooling/preparing healthy meals that their kids reject … Fans of Why Mummy Drinks, Has Anyone Seen My Sex Life? and Beth O’Leary won’t want to miss this one!
Title: Wife Support System
Author: Kathleen Whyman
Published By: Hera Books
Publication Date: 29th July 2020
Links: UK: Amazon US: Amazon
Our Review
Wife Support System was a real tonic, especially during a long and tiresome lockdown. Firstly what a brilliant idea for three busy mums to move in together during the week so they could help each other out with childcare and chores. I mean what could possibly go wrong? The answer to that is just about everything. From the opening lines I was laughing out loud at the hilarious antics of these three friends and the laughter continues throughout. I can completely understand why Kathleen Whyman’s second book was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print award as her witty sense of humour absolutely shines through in the writing.
Living together exposed each of the womens’ faults not just to each other but more importantly to themselves and they didn’t particularly like what they saw. After lots of hilarity things get very real as Erica, Polly and Louise have to face up to their mistakes and decide how they can shape their futures for the best. I found it quite moving when one of the friends reveals their deepest, darkest secret which was completely unexpected.
A brilliant story filled with laughter, friendship and love. I loved it.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
About the Author
Kathleen Whyman is an author and freelance journalist.
Her debut novel, Wife Support System, was inspired by her own feeble attempt to juggle a career with childcare, never-ending house ‘stuff’ and, outrageously, occasionally some time for herself. She is still struggling.
Kathleen’s novel Second Wife Syndrome has been shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print prize 2020.
Both novels are contemporary, humorous, women's fiction.
Kathleen writes a column for Writers’ Forum magazine and contributes to the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s magazine Romance Matters. She also wrote short stories for Jackie magazine in her teens. These were, thankfully, never printed.
Kathleen lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two daughters.
Find out more about Kathleen and sign up to her newsletters at www.kathleenwhyman.com.
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