The Sh!te Before Christmas: From Sunday Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Mammy Banter
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From Sunday Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation @MammyBanter
One month to go. One stressed mum. Can she pull off the perfect family Christmas?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…
Like every mum, Tara wants a perfect Christmas for her family – but no-one else is lifting a finger and she’s losing her elf-ing mind.
From a vaping teen, explosive potty training and a disastrous Nativity, to a distracted husband acting very out of character, the final straw is Tara’s glamorous, feckless mother moving herself back in for the holidays.
Can Tara pull off the holly jolly Christmas of her dreams? Will she deck the halls and not her family? Or is this a Christmas catastrophe waiting to happen…
Hilarious, heartwarming and festive as f*ck – the new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Mammy Banter: The Secret Life of an Uncool Mum.
Mammy Banter was a Sunday Times #4 hardback fiction bestseller on 5 March 2022.
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A hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood – and how having it all sometimes isn’t what you think it might be. One month to go. One stressed mum. Can she pull off the perfect family Christmas?
ASIN : B0B5FTQ752
Publisher : HarperCollins
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : 10 Nov. 2022
Language : English
File size : 1.0 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 376 pages
ISBN-13 : 978-0008579890
Page Flip : Enabled
Book 2 of 2 : Mammy Banter
Best Sellers Rank: 5,858 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) 111 in Women’s Humorous Fiction 143 in General Humourous Fiction 163 in Holiday Fiction (Kindle Store)
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Customers find the book fabulously funny with laugh-out-loud moments, and one notes it’s a great easy read about family chaos. Moreover, the story is heartwarming, making customers emotional at the end, and they appreciate how relatable it is to many parents. Additionally, the book features a chaotic fun Christmas storyline that’s very true to life and down to earth.
13 reviews for The Sh!te Before Christmas: From Sunday Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Mammy Banter
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Loz –
The best book I’ve read in a long time!
I loved this book! It had me interested from the first chapter. It made me laugh out loud several times, which not many books do for me.As I went through the book, I felt like I really got to know the characters. The plot was great, and had me thinking throughout about whether he was having an affair or not. The relationships between each of the characters was true to life, the sassyness of the daughter and the estranged mother.I would highly recommend this book! I’ve already ordered The Secret Life of an Uncool Mum.
christmas lady –
Must read at Christmas
Excellent read and a good giggle!
Amazon Customer –
festive fun
I had to read this as Serena’s first book ‘Secret diary of an uncool mum’ made me laugh out loud the entire way through and I mean seriously giggle my butt off. Although this one isn’t quite as funny for the entire way through it most definitely doesn’t take away from the fact that it’s a great book. Tara and family are back with a new baby on the way, a tantruming teen daughter who’s in big trouble at school, a husband who’s becoming more distant, two toddlers with more energy than the electric companies & an estranged mum who rocks up in time for Christmas. Some of the characters grated on me this time with bad attitudes & lack of apologies / repercussions however this was still a feel good Christmas book! I did start to read this in December but I didn’t get chance to finish due to Christmas celebrations so it was a lovely way to finish the Christmas season in the beginning of January as the decorations came down! Funny, Christmassy , festive family feuds and elf on the bloody shelf .. another fab read from Serena!!
C Knight –
A chaotic fun Christmas read
4.5*Tara has a lot on her plate before child number 4 makes an appearance – a stroppy headstrong teenager, a 4 year old who causes daily calls from his school teacher and a 2 year old who is potty training and copies his not so big brother… and that’s before you mention the misogynistic boss ! He made my skin crawl!A lot happens in Tara’s life during the month of December, not least the arrival of her mother back from Spain. They’re like chalk and cheese, can totally understand Tara’s preference of her dad! Tara takes the bit between her teeth and deals with everything as she knows how… she gets her besties involved but both Cat and Amanda have surprises of their own. These two have their own unique take on life and they are very different which makes for a comical time!Speaking of comical, the wee donkey is just hilarious! The antics Tara and Gemma get him doing made me giggle! But then Jax and Nathan’s reactions are just so sweet, innocent and brilliant. Terry has got this bang on! Her portrayal of these two is just wonderful and at points cringeworthy as a parent but at the same time just down right funny!The Sh!te Before Christmas is a wonderfully entertaining and enjoyable read about chaotic family life in the run up to Christmas. The Gallagher house is totally mad but I loved meeting them. I need to get The Secret Life of an Uncool Mum read. I personally didn’t feel I’d missed out picked up The Sh!te Before Christmas first – I thought it was a standalone if I’m honest! Loved it! Want more from the Gallagher family!!
Dee Book Addict –
I LOVED THIS BOOK……
This book is hilarious, I was laughing out loud for most of it, it is incredibly down to earth and relatable but also really really funny, I love the author’s sense of humour it’s just my sort of book. I am definitely picking up the other book by this author it may just be my next read.😊
Karen –
Ok
Not as good as her first book
Manda –
Brillant and funny read
A new author to me and so glad I come across her , such a funny book , from the very first page I was drawn into the book, , such a pick me up , if you,re having a bad time which I was , many an early morning I was reading under the covers in bed on my kindle trying not to laugh too loud and wake the hubby or the cat sat on top of me , it wasn’t easy , such a great story , would love to see this made into a series and watch it on the TV , so entertaining , Brilliant
Cp –
Would have had 5 stars but….
If you’re looking for a book you can’t put down and want to LOL then this is the book you need! Funny from the start and so relatable! I would have given it 5 stars but right towards the end of the book there was pages that were unreadable and if you don’t wear glasses you would have thought your eye sight had gone. For some reason it won’t let me upload the pages but from pages 314 I had 8 pages which couldn’t be read! Amazon refunded me and I sent the book back with the pages posted noted!
Anna –
I loved her first book, and am enjoying this one so far (am about half way through). Fortunately I had just finished watching derry girls before reading so could understand the synonyms much better than the first book. 😅The only thing that annoys me is that Nathan seems much younger than 6, other than the fact he is into Roblox, I find the way he communicates is more like that of a 4 year old. As I have a 3, 4 and a 6 year old, and just the way Nathan acts and speaks mainly comes across far more like my 4 year old than my 6 year old. And that is the only thing that has annoyed me slightly about this book.But other than that it is always a great laugh! It’s been a great time filler to get me through my public transport trips to and from work!Thank you!
Chantal Lavigne –
What a gem this author is. She makes me belly laugh but also sigh in contentment and so many other emotions. Read it.
nembery –
I watch her videos on tik tok and this book delivers the laughs you think it will! Stories are totally relatable and absolutely hysterical. Cannot wait for her next book!
Janna Matthews –
Feels like a hyped of book for no good reason. Pretty predictable book and to much toilet training involved to try to make it funny.
Elle G. –
I constantly fall down the tiktok rabbit hole and end up watching hilarious videos for more time than I want to admit. Every now and then a new tiktoker will turn up on my FYP and hold me captive. Serena Terry is one of those people. When I first watched one of her mommybanter videos I was hooked. I was laughing until I was crying and then went back and watched a TON of her older videos and had a hard time putting my phone down. But after I (very) reluctantly stopped watching I noticed a book on her page. Is it hers? Why yes it looked like it was! And I had to immediately go buy it. If you enjoy “momcoms”, chick lit, and/or humorous women’s fiction novels then this is a must read! It is part of a series and while I didn’t get a chance to read the first one (because I didn’t know) you don’t have to in order to enjoy this one. Her books remind me of a Sophie Kinsella/Marian Keyes mashup, and I highly recommend them! This is a Christmas novel with a lot of humor, a wee bit of dramatics, and a very fun family to read about! I can’t wait to see what she writes in the future and I’m VERY excited to start her first novel!𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:• Hilarious Books• Family Christmas Novels• Funny content creators on tiktok𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐