The Aargh to Zzzz of Parenting

Can I Give Them Back Now?

A must have for all new mums and dads - at last, a laugh-out-loud book about the darker moments of parenthood.

Made me laugh out loud twice and snort at least once. Would love to publish it for Mothers' Day as an antidote to all that pastel guff out there.

So true to the reality and Dunkirk spirit of parenthood.

Tom Drake-Lee, Sales Director and father of two

Really funny, I laughed out loud at the definition of childcare! Love the humour! It's exactly what I find funny.

Ruth Warburton, Publicity Manager and mother of two

Hilarious and horribly, horribly accurate. Speaking as a Dad, I say publish and be damned!

Roger Bratchell, Marketing Director and father of two

Joanna Simmons and Jay Curtis are writers and mothers of small children, and live in Brighton. This is their first book together.

A is for Anxiety, Alcohol and awful Activities. B is for Bedtime, Baking and Boredom. C is for Childcare and Cooking With Your Coat on. N is for Not Swearing (bloody frustrating) and S is for Soft Play Places, Sniffing Babies' Arses (to see if they've filled their nappies - are there not easier ways of finding out?) and Sex (see also L, for lack thereof). 
 
Can I Give them Back Now? puts two fingers up to the pervasive notion that parenthood is an eternally rewarding experience. Taking a wry, down-to-earth and humorous look at life with young children, it taps into the very normal, but hard-to-admit ambivalence that so many parents feel about raising kids. 
 
Realistic, often dark and occasionally shocking, Joanna Simmons and Jay Curtis' brilliantly alternative A-Z of parenting is essential reading for all mums and dads who really, really love their kids, but...

Joanna Simmons

Jay Curtis

A blackly comic gallop round pragmatic parenthood, instantly recognizable by anyone who’s been through the mill themselves

A look at the weird, wonderful and sometimes weary world of parenting. Brutally honest

I love this book! At last someone has finally written what every parent is feeling within - both the highs and the lows

An Alternative Guide

This brilliantly alternative A - Z of parenting is essential reading for all mums and dads who 'really love their kids, but...' 
 
 A is for Anxiety, Alcohol and awful Activities. 
 
B is for Bedtime, Baking and Boredom. 
 
C is for Childcare and Cooking With Your Coat on. 
 
The Aargh to Zzzz of Parenting puts two fingers up to the idea that motherhood is the most rewarding experience a woman can have. Taking a laugh-out-loud look at life with young children, it taps into the very normal, but hard-to-admit frustrations that many parents feel.

Joanna Simmons

Praise for The Aargh to Zzzz of Parenting

A blackly comic gallop round pragmatic parenthood, instantly recognizable by anyone who’s been through the mill themselves

A look at the weird, wonderful and sometimes weary world of parenting. Brutally honest

I love this book! At last someone has finally written what every parent is feeling within - both the highs and the lows

A blackly comic gallop round pragmatic parenthood, instantly recognizable by anyone who’s been through the mill themselves

A look at the weird, wonderful and sometimes weary world of parenting. Brutally honest

I love this book! At last someone has finally written what every parent is feeling within - both the highs and the lows

A blackly comic gallop round pragmatic parenthood, instantly recognizable by anyone who’s been through the mill themselves

A look at the weird, wonderful and sometimes weary world of parenting. Brutally honest

I love this book! At last someone has finally written what every parent is feeling within - both the highs and the lows

Books by Joanna Simmons

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