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Tired and Tested

The Wild Ride into Parenthood

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Tired and Tested

By: Sophie McCartney
Narrated by: Sophie McCartney
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About this listen

Welcome to the jungle....

When you’ve grown up thinking your 20s are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not to get pregnant, life comes at you fast when you go from hump to bump.

So you thought adulthood would mean a high-flying career and a luxury lifestyle but instead have ended up with a Lycra-based wardrobe and a deep fear of what lies at the bottom of the ball-pit in soft play?

Join comedian Sophie McCartney as she voyages deep into the uncharted territories of mating, birthing, feral offspring, mums overdoing it at the watering hole and the perilous viper’s nest of the school WhatsApp group.

With laugh-out-loud humour and eye-watering honesty, Sophie shows how whether you’ve had a day full of whining or a night full of wine, there’s joy to be had in the perfectly imperfect wild ride into parenthood.

©2022 Sophie McCartney (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Motherhood Parenting & Families Relationships Women Comedy Funny Feel-Good Thought-Provoking Witty

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Critic reviews

"Reassuring, relatable and laud-out-loud funny - I loved it!" (Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum)

"If you’re looking for the funniest mum on Instagram, you’ve found her!" (Mother & Baby)

"Brilliant! Painfully accurate and criminally funny. Like a chat with your most outrageous friend." (Ellie Taylor)
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loved it so much it hurt! laughing and crying all the way through, 100% worth it

a must for every woman

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A book that tells motherhood as it really is that will make you laugh out loud. Recommend it for new mothers or old mothers who are also wondering ‘if they are doing it right!’

As funny as her social media

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Loved it. Thank you Sophie M for this book. You made me laugh out loud so many times.

Parenthood taken not so seriously.

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I absolutely loved this book. Sophie I've followed you from the very start and those did not disappoint in the slightest. if your looking for a new ready that will have you laughing, crying and everything in-between this is for you. love love love it xxx

amazing, funny and emotional all at the same time!

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Sophie is just funny, I laughed and cried at this book and I could relate to most of what she has written.

Loved it

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