Call Me Mummy by Tina Baker

Glamorous, beautiful Mummy has everything a woman could want. Except for a daughter of her very own. So when she sees Kim – heavily pregnant, glued to her phone and ignoring her eldest child in a busy shop – she does what anyone would do. She takes her. But foul-mouthed little Tonya is not the daughter that Mummy was hoping for.

Author: Tina Baker

Genre: Emotional

Tag: eArc

Published: February 25th 2021

Page Count: 384

Categories: Advanced Reader Copy (ARC), Debut Novel, Read in 2021

Oh my goodness, what a dramatic debut, the writing is absolutely superb. This wasn't the story I thought it was going to be from the synopsis. It is emotionally draining but you can't put it down. There were many moments of time that I couldn't breathe, and there were others when I was crying or laughing and agreeing with 5 year-old Tonya, who is a total character and has a way with words!

As Tonya fiercely resists Mummy’s attempts to make her into the perfect child, Kim is demonised by the media as a ‘scummy mummy’, who deserves to have her other children taken too. Haunted by memories of her own childhood and refusing to play by the media’s rules, Kim begins to spiral, turning on those who love her.

Though they are worlds apart, Mummy and Kim have more in common than they could possibly imagine. But it is five-year-old Tonya who is caught in the middle…