How Not to Be a Perfect Mother - Libby Purves

I was leant this book by my vicar's wife at church when I was heavily pregnant and after looking at her sideways and wondering what she was suggesting, I took it home, read it and had a good laugh. The message is to be relaxed about parenting, to enjoy your kids and do the best job you can manage. This is the antodote to all those worthy books that tell you how to weave your own nappies and potty train from birth. A good book to buy your best friend who's ...  Read the complete review

How not to be a perfect mother! When I read the title of this book, I thought do I really need to read this? Already being the archetypal ?unperfect mother? I thought I hardly needed any tips on lack of perfection! However, being given the book, I thought that I might as well give it a read! This book is brilliant, refreshing & funny and reassures all those of us less than perfect mums, with less than well behaved children (i.e. all of us if we?d admit it!) that you aren?t the only one out there cutting corners and not quite making ?the grade?! With all the pressure and media hype and everyone telling you what you should and shouldn?t be doing to ...  Read the complete review

What a superb insight to motherhood. It's so refreshing to read about "real" parenting from a humourous, objective, yet honest viewpoint. Libby Purves is a well known broadcaster on Radio 4 and a guest on various tv programmes, yet I'd never heard of her. This didn't matter to me... she is a "mother" with experience and that's all that matters. She has captured the moments in raising children that we all experience and looked back at them with a wonderful sense of humour. I think any Mum, Dad or Carer would agree that certain events are awful at the time, but hilarious when looking back after a year or two. Libby used ...  Read the complete review