The Flaky Mummy

Category Childcare & Parenting
Format Paperack
Imprint Rupa
Price 295

ISBN: 978-81-291-3656-5
Pages: 216 pages
Date:

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Motherhood is supposedly akin to sainthood—a blissful, happy mother looking adoringly at her smiley, chirpy baby. And not a cocktail in sight. But The Flaky Mummy pulls the truth out from under the carpet—in a world full of dirty diapers, the only salvation is a chilled cocktail!

This book is about the journey of six mothers with their quirky parenting styles:

A Punjabi mother stuck in the perils of a joint family while trying to bring her child up;
A tiger mother clawing her child’s path to the top;
A fad-loving disaster of a mother hopping from one ‘parenting method’ to the other;
A lost NRI who makes her way back to her ‘roots’;
A modern socialite with her new must-have accessory of the season—a baby;
A menopausal woman hitting ‘jackpot’ with her last egg.

Filled with hilarious tips and interesting observations, The Flaky Mummy is a witty satire on motherhood, which raises a toast to all the mothers out there struggling, surviving and succeeding at everything life throws their way–with a bit of assistance from their favourite tipple.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Madhuri Banerjee is an Indian bestselling author and writer. She is a blogger at CNN-IBN, a columnist with The Asian Age, an Ad film director, a screenplay writer for Bollywood films, and a mother. Madhuri has won a National Award for her poignant and realistic documentary on the issues that women face, Between Dualities. Madhuri Banerjee is the bestselling author of five books including Advantage Love and Scandalous Housewives.

Rohini Tiwari graduated from Delhi University in English (Hons) and then took up modelling. She was discovered by Inez and Vinoodh Lamsveerde to do a shoot for an international magazine, and thus began her foray in international modelling. Soon, she was signed up in Paris, New York and London with some of the top agencies. A voracious reader, she believes that she can express herself best through writing. This is her first book.