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Mother Flipper!

A PG Survival Guide for Modern Parenthood
By Sasha Morton
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Ever found yourself whispering, ‘Oh, fork it’ through gritted teeth while your child floods the bathroom, licks the supermarket floor or orders mystery items on your phone? Then this book is for you. Welcome to Mother Flipper!, your laugh-out-loud survival guide to parenting without swearing (well... Read More
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Alaugh-out-loud survival guide to modern parenting, featuring the ridiculous language we invent when we can’t swear in front of the kids, coupled with relatable everyday scenarios that will make every tired and frazzled parent feel seen.

A laugh-out-loud survival guide to modern parenting, featuring the ridiculous language we invent when we can’t swear in front of the kids, coupled with relatable everyday scenarios that will make every tired and frazzled parent feel seen.

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Ever found yourself whispering, ‘Oh, fork it’ through gritted teeth while your child floods the bathroom, licks the supermarket floor or orders mystery items on your phone? Then this book is for you.

Welcome to Mother Flipper!, your laugh-out-loud survival guide to parenting without swearing (well … not technically, anyway). Warm, witty and reassuringly honest, Mother Flipper! is the perfect gift for tired mums, frazzled dads and anyone wondering how everyone else is holding it together (spoiler: they’re not). Because sometimes, the only thing standing between you and a full meltdown … is a well-timed ‘mother flipper!’.

Mother Flipper! features hilarious fake swears like 'Sweet Baby Cheeses,' 'Cluster Fluff' and 'Son of a Biscuit' for every parenting emergency. Each relatable real-life moment is brought to life with full colour pages that covers everything from bedtime battles and sibling warfare to last-minute school costume disasters and much more besides.

These are the painfully familiar moments – and the perfect PG-rated phrases to get you through them. In this survival guide for everyday chaos, you’ll find translations of what parents really mean, plus tongue-in-cheek corporate jargon for domestic meltdowns, mock reports for tantrums and silly rhymes to make you smile.

The funny parenting survival guide is packed with relatable parenting chaos moments, making it perfect for fans of Hurrah for Gin, Why Mummy Swears and Lessons From a Default Parent. Perfect for Mother's Day, as a funny gift for new parents, or as a gift to yourself as a reminder that you're not the only one winging it.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781807710408

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 February 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd

Illustration: Full colour throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 185.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Michael O’Mara Books specializes in creative and inspired adult non-fiction. Independent, commercial and always on-trend, O'Mara Books are passionate about their publishing programme and publish an exciting and varied list – from history and popular science to language; sport and biography to puzzles; gift and humour to craft – that reaches readers across the world.

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