This book is a fabulous collection of essays on motherhood filled with wit, insight, and a realistic approach that will make every reader happy. Author Anna Johnson’s take on keeping the mama sane, happy, healthy and attractive go so far beyond the usual books like this. Not once will you be subjected to the ubiquitous call to “have it all, balance it all, and be perfect.” Instead, it inspires you to be better, and gives you the tools you need to get there.

I expected this book to be more along the lines of a snooty fashion/make-up book, and although it has tips in those areas (although never snooty), most of the ideas in this book are practical, down to Earth, affordable, and although many focus on the outward Mummy, the best essays focus on the inward. There is a satisfied contentedness running through this book, and although I did not agree with every philosophy the author holds, I perfectly agree with her call for mothers to be themselves, be happy, and embrace motherhood while still wearing your own shoes, be them kitten heels or birkenstocks. It is an excellent read for the new mother, or the mother in the throes of it all.