Nearly Yummy Mummy in Paris

Holly Adams aspires to be a yummy mummy, but actually is clueless.

About the things that matter. Like which brands of baby pasta are gluten-free. Or the difference between foremilk and hindmilk. A London party girl unintentionally turned mother and newly arrived in Paris.

Holly is drawn unwittingly into the bitter mummy wars between natives and ex-pats.

Should she be breastfeeding her baby until high school and slaving over the stove making organic purees, as preached by the grim New Yorker, Lauren? Or should she get herself a tummy tuck and focus on a deep tanning treatment, as advocated by the ultra-chic Parisienne, Virginie? Or should she just be herself? Can she? A brilliantly funny, honest novel about rival schools of parenting, loneliness in a foreign country, the crisis of confidence that comes with motherhood, and a final coming of age.