The Mother Load

Another great totally relatable read from Katy cox following on from M is for mummy!
We catch up with Lucy,Ed,Stanley and baby Jack as they struggle on with the monotony of everyday life,juggling work, childcare,bills and Ed and Stanley’s unique foibles and habits!
Things come to a head with Stanley’s behaviour and distress at school and Ed having a breakdown whilst in your in Australia, so a drastic change is needed!
Realisation hits Lucy and aided and abetted by her loving family they up sticks and move and in doing so start to live again!
A real down to earth, humorous, take on family life blemishes and all!
Would highly recommend
Thank you netgalley for this early read.

Brilliant, touching and comic, this is a fantastic look into family life and parenting a child with neurodiversities. Reality isn’t shied away from, but at the same time the characters and the comic asides don’t let it go to deep.

The second book I have read by this author
- I will eagerly be awaiting more.

I enjoyed The M-Word, so getting to read The Motherload was great!
It hit so many personal notes on so many levels.
Lucy is back with her family of fellow musician husband, Ed, and two boys. She's struggling to build her cellist career again after motherhood, and Ed is trying his hardest to keep things afloat as they navigate the next chapter of parenthood, i.e., starting school.
Alongside her friends Charlie and Jen, with the support of her family, albeit far away in Wales, and the sometimes unwanted help of her mother-in-law, Lucy gets through some pretty sticky situations.
I am a teacher, and a Reception one at that, so reading about Stanley, Lucy's 4-year-old son, and his struggles as he fails to settle in school while his obsessions and quirks get more and more pronounced, made me want to hug Lucy.
Autism is a broad spectrum, and it is being diagnosed much more, but still so misunderstood. I applaud how the staff were portrayed, as that is a daily scene in most classrooms, as we help parents and children come to terms with the possibility of diagnosis.
Brilliantly done, and I want to know what happens next in Lucy and her family's life!
Many thanks to NetGalley, Atlantic and Corvus Books for an ARC.

As soon as I saw The Mother Load on Netgalley I had to request it! I was sent M is For Mummy last year and I absolutely loved it! It was a funny and relatable look at motherhood whilst also looking at the challenges being the parent of an autistic child can bring.

The Mother Load picks up where the first book left off. Stanley has his autism diagnosis and has just started school, but he's struggling with the big changes. Lucy, his mother, is frazzled between trying to meet his needs along with her younger son Jack and her husband Ed who has his own issues to face.

I loved this book just as much as the first. Whilst there's no huge plot here, I loved just being a part of their day to day lives. All the characters are fun to read about and it's a really entertaining book that had me laughing out loud in places and gave me a few happy tears at the end.

It's rare for me to be drawn to any book that is described as lighthearted and easy to read so it says a lot that I'm hoping for a third book in this series!

I absolutely loved this book! My first time reading Katy Cox and I realise I kissed the first in the series but omg I absolutely loved all of the characters I love how much this book raises awareness for autism and it was an absolute joy to read. I love reading relatable parenting books and this one made me smile and tear up a few times. Can't wait to read the first one.