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  • Tired and Tested

  • The Wild Ride into Parenthood
  • By: Sophie McCartney
  • Narrated by: Sophie McCartney
  • Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (271 ratings)

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Tired and Tested

By: Sophie McCartney
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Summary

Welcome to the jungle....

When you’ve grown up thinking your 20s are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not to get pregnant, life comes at you fast when you go from hump to bump.

So you thought adulthood would mean a high-flying career and a luxury lifestyle but instead have ended up with a Lycra-based wardrobe and a deep fear of what lies at the bottom of the ball-pit in soft play?

Join comedian Sophie McCartney as she voyages deep into the uncharted territories of mating, birthing, feral offspring, mums overdoing it at the watering hole and the perilous viper’s nest of the school WhatsApp group.

With laugh-out-loud humour and eye-watering honesty, Sophie shows how whether you’ve had a day full of whining or a night full of wine, there’s joy to be had in the perfectly imperfect wild ride into parenthood.

©2022 Sophie McCartney (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Critic reviews

"Reassuring, relatable and laud-out-loud funny - I loved it!" (Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum)

"If you’re looking for the funniest mum on Instagram, you’ve found her!" (Mother & Baby)

"Brilliant! Painfully accurate and criminally funny. Like a chat with your most outrageous friend." (Ellie Taylor)

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Loved it!

I haven't laughed so much in a long time! Well worth a listen for a more realistic view on parenthood!

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Loved it

Sophie is just funny, I laughed and cried at this book and I could relate to most of what she has written.

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amazing, funny and emotional all at the same time!

I absolutely loved this book. Sophie I've followed you from the very start and those did not disappoint in the slightest. if your looking for a new ready that will have you laughing, crying and everything in-between this is for you. love love love it xxx

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Amazing!!

This book had me in stitches, I absolutely loved it! Thank you for writing this! It's so good for people to normalise the reality of parenting!

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Easy listening laugh

A funny book, good, easy, listening. Enjoy the last bit where she changed track and talked about herself a bit more, rather than just what the kids were doing

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LOL Must Read!

Just Finished and absolutely LOVED it!! So bloody funny and will reccomend to mum I know.

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brilliant! you will laugh and cry

brilliant! a laugh on every page (but also some tears) when you realise your not alone in this wild ride of parent hood!

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Loved it!

Loved it. Best voice I have listened to as well as the content being brilliant

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Amazing!!

Absolutely love love love hearing Sophie! Followed this lady on Instagram for a while now! So sad I’ve finished the book can’t wait to download her next one! Soph your a ledge!

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bloody wonderful

just absolutely wonderful. as always spot on, hilarious insight into what actual motherhood is as a pose to Pinterest parenting 😂

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