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My Child and Other Mistakes

The hilarious and heart-warming motherhood memoir from the Strictly sensation!

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My Child and Other Mistakes

By: Ellie Taylor
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Raw, candid and hilarious, Ellie Taylor's My Child and Other Mistakes is the funny truth about motherhood and all its grisly delights.

My Child and Other Mistakes is the honest lowdown on motherhood and all its grisly delights, asking the questions no one wants to admit to asking themselves - do I want a child? Do I have a favourite? Do I wish I hadn't had one and spent the money on a kitchen island instead?

Stand-up comic, broadcaster and actress Ellie Taylor is relatable, clever and interested in how women can have it all. Her honest, hilarious and moving account of the whys and hows of having a baby makes perfect listening for expectant mothers and fathers everywhere, as well as those who've been there, done that, and wonder how on earth they did.

In this very funny book, she writes candidly about her own personal experience exploring the decision to have a baby when she doesn't even like them, the importance of cheese during pregnancy, why she took hair straighteners to the labour ward, plus the apocalyptic newborn days, childcare, work and the inevitable impact on life and love and, most importantly, her breasts.

©2021 Ellie Taylor (P)2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Loved every syllable.

Thank you for making me laugh and cry and celebrate the enormity and monotony.

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love love love

Just an amazingly accurate account of motherhood, hilarious and heartwarming, what a lovely way to spend a few hours, thank you

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Begins great!

I really enjoyed the first half of the book but after a while the making sure it was covered that the other path taken was covered to ensure the trolls are satisfied… it wore thin and was repetitive. I didn’t finish.

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Brutally honest and hilarious!

Even if I was in tears of laughter, there was also a lot of beauty throughout this blunt account of motherhood. What a beautiful love letter to your child, Ellie.

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Wished it was longer

Ellie story and performance was top notch. I could have listened forever. Can't wait for the sequel about having a teenager.

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A must read for new mums

Beautifully written, so funny, so true and so real. I loved this book… it made me laugh, cry and nod along. I will be recommending this to every mum and mum to be I know ☺️

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Memorable, affirming, funny and heartfelt.

I shouldn't have listened at 30 weeks pregnant withmy second child - I have been walking around my house weeping silently for almost the entire book. Intensely relatable, deeply affirming and comforting and Ellie reads her book wonderfully.

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Hilariously moving

The perfect description of motherhood. Loved every word. I laughed and cried and related to it all!

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