3 women, the truth and a whole lot of dares
This is the true story of a game of Truth or Dare dreamt up by 3 suburban mothers to liven the long days of mothering young children. It will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will make you want to wear red lipstick….
"Most days, I feel like a zombie - a mindless, animated slave to two needy, demanding kids (my hunger, however, is not for human flesh, but for easy recipes with only two canned ingredients)" Mum A
"I sometimes feel that a walking-talking MumaTron has taken up residence in the girl I used to be and stuffed her in a small hole deep inside my body. Every once in a while I hear her screaming to be let out, but there's just no room for her in the tightly scheduled chaos that is my current life " Mum B
"Last week, I got a little over-excited at the supermarket and bought a small bottle of lime-flavoured milk. It actually felt daring, adventurous and I cackled to myself when I got home and slammed it down on the counter. But there has to be more to life than this. The thrills must exist outside of green milk. There's got to be more to life than a well-hidden Cadbury's Fruit & Nut bar, consumed while you stand at the open cupboard, careful not to crinkle the packaging lest anyone ask what you have there " Mum C
In order to add to spice to their lives, for 3 months Mums A, B & C would dare each other to do things. They also dared each other to tell the truth… The truth about motherhood. The truth about their lives. The truth about who they'd become compared to who they wanted to be. By turns jaw-achingly funny, touching, sad and sensible Anonymums proves that sometimes a dash of spice, good friends and ripping all the hair from your body (dare number three) is all you need to get back on track.
Who are the Anonymums? Well, now. That would be telling, wouldn't it?! We can tell you that one wasn't born in Australia. Two live in the city and one is rural. One Mum is closing in on a PhD, one has a standard-issue undergrad degree and the other didn't go to uni, but is madly successful in her field. They are an odd mix. So much so, it once gave them a laugh when they caught sight of themselves in a mirror - 30, 35, almost 40; tiny, average-sized, tall; dark, standard Caucasian and best-kept-off-the-beach. Perhaps it's our differences that make them such a force to be reckoned with!
Anonymums
Harper Collins Australia
ISBN: 9780732291693
Price: $27.99
Question: What is Anonymum about?
Mum A: Anonymums is our story - the story of three mums, bored out of their minds in suburbia. To add a little bit of zing to the everyday routine, we decided to play a game of truth and dare with each other. We got our zing. And then some.
Question: What inspired the game of Truth or Dare dreamt up by you and two other suburban mothers?
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