Are you a super-duper, totally fulfilled mother 24 hours a day? Do you give your children home-made risotto, help them with their homework, read them a fairy tale and sing them to sleep? Or do you give them chicken nuggets in front of the telly, herd them into bed and slump down exhausted with a drink? Do you let them watch `too much' telly? Have you ever eaten their Easter eggs while they were asleep? Do you feel that other mothers are `doing it properly' while you're getting it All Wrong? Do you wish there could just, please, be a little less pressure?

If you try your best but frequently feel a failure, if you - or your children - are in any way imperfect, then join the club: the Bad Mothers Club. Stephanie Calman has broken every rule and done it all `wrong.' From giving birth with her pants on to making her kids watch more telly, she has persistently defied all accepted wisdom and professional advice. Outrageous, funny, & hideously true, Confessions of a Bad Mother is her story. Read it, and know - at last - that you are Normal.