The Patchwork Family: Toddlers, Teenagers and Everything in Between from Part-Time Working Mummy

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How to hold it together ... even if it feels like everything is falling apart.

Welcome to the rollercoaster of family life - the parts nobody talks about, the 'wow' moments, the mistakes, tears, tantrums and triumphs. This book is about the stuff we don't teach our kids in school, how to have heartbreaking conversations and healing from being broken. It's the book I wish I had been able to read to know things will be OK.

I'm sharing my mad, patchwork family to help you - maybe to laugh at my fails, manage teenagers pushing boundaries (good luck with that!) or find a little strength to get you through the day. I was once a single mum alone in a flat with two tiny babies coming to terms with domestic abuse; now I'm a parent and step-parent in a chaotic family of eight with a whole bunch of new challenges, standing up for survivors and with hundreds of thousands of followers in the Part-Time Working Mummy community.

This is real, messy life, usually unseen and full of baggage. It'll never be perfect but it's magic and it's mine. Laugh, cry, scream and enjoy it all with me.

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Refreshing and honest ... this isn't your standard mum memoir * Psychologies Magazine *
In a world of social-media gloss, Hambleton has spent the last few years being unusually frank about the mess of life * iNews *

Author Bio

Rachaele Hambleton, aka Part-Time Working Mummy, is a double Sunday Times bestselling author and one of the most popular parenting personalities online. She is a mum to three daughters and one baby boy, step-mum to two boys and is married to her 'bird-boy' Josh. Her successful blog documents the highs and lows of life as a family of eight ... with a dog and some chickens thrown in for good measure. As well as blogging and bringing up six humans, Rachaele fights hard for awareness of domestic violence and is an ambassador for Kidscape and a Patron of Trevi, Plymouth. In 2021 Rachaele opened Torbay's first women's centre, which is a safe hub to support women and children. She is trying to make the world a better place by creating a wonderful community of over 778,000 people that support and empower one another.