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Title: Lucy Mathers Goes Back To Work
Author: Julie Butterfield
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Author supplied copy
Publisher: Self Published
Publication Date: 11th August 2019
Rating: 5 Stars
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Lucy Mathers was once the golden girl of Simcock & Bright. Four years later, she’s a stay at home mum with two adorable children, has swapped her Louboutins for rabbit slippers and spends her day making crustless sandwiches and colour co-ordinated lunches instead of signing up high profile clients.
When her husband is suddenly made redundant, there is panic in the Mathers’ household. With a mortgage the size of the national debt and a credit card balance that’s in danger of toppling, Lucy reluctantly decides she must return to work. So she digs out her old power suits from the back of the wardrobe and leaves Will to become a house husband. But sitting in Lucy’s old office is Grant Cassidy, suave, handsome and ruthless and with no intention of letting Lucy walk back into the number one job.
At home, despite his breezy declaration that swapping boardroom battles for toddler groups would be a doddle, Will’s belief that parental issues could be solved with forward planning and a spread sheet soon falls by the wayside.
With both Will and Lucy struggling to adapt, could their previously happy marriage be developing some cracks?
When her husband is suddenly made redundant, there is panic in the Mathers’ household. With a mortgage the size of the national debt and a credit card balance that’s in danger of toppling, Lucy reluctantly decides she must return to work. So she digs out her old power suits from the back of the wardrobe and leaves Will to become a house husband. But sitting in Lucy’s old office is Grant Cassidy, suave, handsome and ruthless and with no intention of letting Lucy walk back into the number one job.
At home, despite his breezy declaration that swapping boardroom battles for toddler groups would be a doddle, Will’s belief that parental issues could be solved with forward planning and a spread sheet soon falls by the wayside.
With both Will and Lucy struggling to adapt, could their previously happy marriage be developing some cracks?
I loved this story, there is something so so amusing about seeing a role swap, and a husband who previously has gone out to work, thinking that his wife's job of staying at the home with the kids and running the house is so easy that he can do it better.
Which is what happens when Will is made redundant, but Lucy is offered he job back at the job she used to be fabulous at, until she left 4 years ago to have children. It is meant to be a short term swap, but things never go according to plan.
Seeing Will think he can do everything for his children by having it all logged in a spreadsheet, and phone alarms is just so so amusing. The kids are aged 4 and 2, so I think you will agree not easy to get them to do things exactly when you need them to!!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Will struggle initially although the friendship he strikes up with a single mum for support, does worry me a lot, especially as a reader I could see traits in Jen, that Will was clearly blind to.
On the flip side, Lucy was also struggling with her return to work and her new rivalry with her replacement is a lot of fun to see. The book really does touch on what it is like for women in the workplace coming back from maternity leave and how it may be perceived by others.
I loved seeing Lucy battle with her rival, but equally she may have also found someone to offer additional emotional support.
There are many a time I wished Will and Lucy would just admit their struggles to each other, but this way was definitely more entertaining.
I loved spending time with this family, I was smiling for most of the book, and really wasn't entirely sure how it would end.
I've read a few books by Julie Butterfield and the one thing I can safely say about them is that you will have a great time reading all of them. Incredibly enjoyable writing in an easy to read style.
Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Which is what happens when Will is made redundant, but Lucy is offered he job back at the job she used to be fabulous at, until she left 4 years ago to have children. It is meant to be a short term swap, but things never go according to plan.
Seeing Will think he can do everything for his children by having it all logged in a spreadsheet, and phone alarms is just so so amusing. The kids are aged 4 and 2, so I think you will agree not easy to get them to do things exactly when you need them to!!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Will struggle initially although the friendship he strikes up with a single mum for support, does worry me a lot, especially as a reader I could see traits in Jen, that Will was clearly blind to.
On the flip side, Lucy was also struggling with her return to work and her new rivalry with her replacement is a lot of fun to see. The book really does touch on what it is like for women in the workplace coming back from maternity leave and how it may be perceived by others.
I loved seeing Lucy battle with her rival, but equally she may have also found someone to offer additional emotional support.
There are many a time I wished Will and Lucy would just admit their struggles to each other, but this way was definitely more entertaining.
I loved spending time with this family, I was smiling for most of the book, and really wasn't entirely sure how it would end.
I've read a few books by Julie Butterfield and the one thing I can safely say about them is that you will have a great time reading all of them. Incredibly enjoyable writing in an easy to read style.
Thank you to the author for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
