The Mother Load

The frank, funny and uplifting tale of one unique family continues as Stanley starts school, Jack enters the terrible twos, Dad Ed retreats into his Action Man collection and Mum Lucy tries to hold it all together. Motherland meets The A Word.

Mishaps at work, mayhem at home.

It'll get easier when he starts school. That's what Lucy was told, and she believed it. But now that her autistic son Stanley has joined Reception, his obsession with Africa and daily screaming fits at the school gates haven't exactly won him or Lucy any popularity contests.

So for Stanley's fifth birthday Lucy plans an extravagant party to help him connect with his classmates. But her autistic husband Ed knows how his son's mind works better than anyone, so instead of a big bash, they travel to Wales to eat a Libya-shaped birthday cake with Lucy's family.

And suddenly Lucy is faced with the truth about what her loved ones really need, and how they can finally find their tribe.

Readers love The Mother Load
'Best thing I've read all year' *****
'Funny, warm and touching' *****
'As a mother of two autistic children so much of it speaks to me on a personal level' *****
'Gavin and Stacey eat your heart out . this is comedy gold and should be on the screen!' *****

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