Author: Beckett, Lou
Memoirs
Published on 12 February 2026 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd (DK RED) in the United Kingdom.
Hardback | 240 pages
222 x 138 |
'Funny, reflective and honest. Reading this book is like sitting down with your bestie for a proper mumlife debrief' “ Giovanna Fletcher˜More demanding than ˜hell', this is parenting purgatory for authentic women who've put their lives on hold to be mummy' “ Katherine Ryan˜A brilliant, comforting and funny read for any default parent' “ Ellie TaylorWhat nobody tells you about parenthood, from one of the ˜silent partners' behind the Parenting Hell podcast.
School-run coordinator, party planner, clubs organiser, laundry sorter¦ and maybe even a ˜real' job on top! Sound exhaustingly familiar? From assumptions surrounding who is going to stay at home with the kids to the never-ending list of school admin, being ˜the default parent' rears its head in a plethora of ways.
This book is for all the defaults out there “ bored out of their eyeballs or so overwhelmed they could scream expletives into the wind for a solid hour “ to know their invisible labour is seen and valued.
With heartfelt and hilarious advice, Lou Beckett provides much-needed comfort and community for the one who is depended on the most (and often feels appreciated the least), and maybe “ just maybe “ how we can begin to rebalance the parenting scales and muddle through a little better, together.