Are We Having Fun Yet? by Lucy Mangan - Witty Novel of Modern Motherhood - Fiction Hardback

Details. Condition: New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9781788161084. Publisher: Souvenir Press. Category: Contemporary Fiction / Humour. Overview. Are We Having Fun Yet? is Lucy Mangan's whip-smart, wickedly funny novel following one year in the life of Liz, a mother of two juggling babysitters, school-gate politics, a temperamental dishwasher and the daily chaos of modern family life. Written with the same razor-sharp wit that has made Mangan a beloved Guardian columnist, this hardback is a joyous, painfully relatable read for anyone who has ever wondered where the day went.. About the Book. Told across the seasons of a single hectic year, Are We Having Fun Yet? follows Liz as she attempts to hold together a household, a marriage, a career and her own sanity while surrounded by relentlessly perfect school-run parents, unpredictable children and the small daily disasters that define family life. Lucy Mangan brings her trademark comic precision to the everyday absurdities of parenting - missing PE kits, threadworm scares, ill-timed in-laws and the eternal quest for five uninterrupted minutes alone - while never losing sight of the love and exhaustion that sit side by side in every busy household. Praised by fellow bestselling authors for its warmth and hilarity, the novel captures the chaos of modern motherhood with such accuracy that readers regularly describe it as feeling like their own diary, only funnier. This hardback edition, published by Souvenir Press, is a substantial 320...