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The Motherhood Walk of Fame
Armed with elements of a bestseller — love, drama, and humour — Shari Low’s book is a witty observation of a modern-day mother struggling to realise her dreams. The Motherhood is about Carly Cooper, married to Mark Barwick, a corporate lawyer, for seven years, with two adorable kids — four-year-old Mac and the younger one Benny — a seemingly perfect family. While she has two books to her credit, yet it is the pretentious weekly column she writes for the Family Values magazine that helps her keep the secret credit card in the black. However, life hadn’t turned out the way she had imagined: ‘Sunny Beverly Hills? Great career? Kidney-shaped pool? Italian studs?’ So when Sam Morton, her former boyfriend and Hollywood superstar, suggests she may have takers for her book in Hollywood, she literally packs her bags, with two excitable kids in tow, and flies off to Los Angeles. Repeated requests by the stable, dependable, ‘boring’, realistic Mark to not to get carried away and wait for the right time fail curb her enthusiasm to make it big in tinseltown. She can’t understand why Mark couldn’t leave his job and move with her for a life of luxury. The chance to pitch her script for LA movie moguls was too big a temptation to let go, even if it meant leaving her husband back home and moving to Hollywood all by herself, even to the extent of a potential divorce. Mark or no Mark, she decides to give her luck a shot. And so begin Carly’s adventures (or rather misadventures) in Hollywood. With gags packed on every page, the book is fun to read. The weekly column she writes Putting the Yummy in Mummy is hilarious. ‘An upmarket, incredibly naff suck-up to upper class and celebrity mothers’, the column brings out the contrast between Carly’s life and the gospel she preaches. Her gang of friends is like a family. Her friendship with her pals is much more than the quips and wisecracks they make. Their bonding is one of trust and understanding. Carly’s attraction towards Sam Morton and vice versa keeps one on tenterhooks. One is left guessing throughout will she, will she not leave Mark and go to Sam for good. The intimacy between the two is dealt with quite maturely. They are both aware of the fact that if they take their relationship any further, it might end up breaking Carly’s home which would affect children the most. While Carly comes across as a caring mother, she is confused what would be the best for her and her kids. Well written and pacy, there is plenty going on to keep one interested. Besides the attractive cover, Shari Low’s book is a light-hearted mocktail with a dash of romance; a pinch of sex and lots of witty cracks and gags. There is a bonus for Shari Low’s fans. Towards the end, the book carries an extract from Shari Low’s new novel which will be out this year.
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Coming
after What If?, Why Not? and Double Trouble, Shari Low’s
latest book, The Motherhood Walk of Fame, has it all to
keep the reader glued from start to finish.