My Child and Other Mistakes: The hilarious and heart-warming motherhood memoir from the comedy star

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I genuinely can’t think of many other things in my entire life that have lifted my spirits in the way nursery has, aside perhaps for the Paris filter on Instagram. For the first time, Andrew Ridgeley - one half of one of the most famous bands in the world - tells the inside story of Wham! Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review. I found myself nodding along as she spoke and wishing that more people picked up this truthful narrative of parenting and ran with it.

I really enjoyed this book, and I think mothers and wannabe mothers will be super grateful for the honest account of giving birth/adapting to being a mother too. One Christmas, before she and her husband, Australian television news reporter Phil Black, were even married (and he was based in Russia, so they rarely saw each other), Ellie’s mother-in-law gave her a copy of the book Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Ellie Taylor has a vibrant personality that really seeps through into the writing, making it easy to read compulsively - I hadn't known of her before but would definitely be interested in her other work. Taylor’s book is naturally predominately lead by her own experiences of pregnancy, childbirth (in this case via C-section) and being a mother, however, she does also pull anecdotes from other mothers and parents that have been part of her life and these add further depth (and occasionally some comedy) to the narrative.

Her honest, hilarious and moving account of the whys and hows of having a baby makes perfect reading for expectant mothers and fathers everywhere, as well as those who've been there, done that, and wonder how on earth they did. This wasn't really the case, as once the author becomes pregnant she's more or less assured of her decision (which is a relief I suppose!As someone without kids I wasn't sure I'd appreciate this book as much as I should, but I was very wrong. The place is colourful and chaotic, full of lefty parents keen to sign permission slips for their child to partake in activities like yoga and Mandarin classes. You probably don't know what it feels like to be a child prodigy or a world class violinist, but you will after reading this luminous me. For those like me who have recently experienced preganancy and newborn life, it is a great book to reflect on what you have experienced so far - and to realise that those times where you think, or thought, you were doing a bad job, you were just / are just a human being and doing the absolute best that you can.