Mothers' Wit: 1,500 Quotations to Help You Laugh with Mother

Author(s): Allison Vale

Humour | For Mothers

Didn't think mums could have so much fun? Think again. Mothers' Wit is full of classic one-liners from a rich variety of red-hot mammas such as Victoria Wood, Joan Rivers, Roseanne and Marge Simpson.


Covering all the joys of motherhood, these celebrated matriarchs deliver belly laughs and offer pearls of maternal wisdom on such topics as morning sickness and stretch marks, playground politics and raising hormonal teenagers, frenzied mealtimes and dreary household chores. Complemented with sharp insights from family members, Mothers' Wit will give every mother the one thing she really needs and usually deserved: a good laugh.


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"Life is tough enough without having someone kick you from the inside.' - Rita Rudner

'For thirty years my mother served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.' - Calvin Trillin

'The first time you leave your child at school you're faced with a tough decision - down the pub or back to bed?' - Jo Brand

Allison Vale taught A-Level History in London before becoming an author and specialist Advisory Teacher. She lives in Somerset with her husband and two children. Alison Rattle worked in London as a fashion designer before moving into publishing. She lives in Somerset with her partner and three children. They are co-authors of Hell House and Other True Hauntings, Liquor and Laudanum and Wrinklies' Wit & Wisdom Rides again.

General Fields

  • : 9781853757570
  • : Carlton Books Ltd
  • : Prion Books Ltd
  • : 01 February 2010
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Allison Vale
  • : Hardback
  • : 306.87430207
  • : 256