If I Were a Mum

<p></p><h4><strong><em>If I Were a Mum</em></strong> by Anna Maledon is a fun exploration of <strong>children's fantasies about motherhood</strong>.<strong> Is life without rules and limitations ideal? </strong></h4><p></p><h4>Myrtle takes over her mother's duties for a few days and implements the perfect plan: cake for breakfast ice cream for lunch and doughnuts for dinner and shopping for toys daily. And why visit a dentist? It is more fun to visit friends. School - yes but only on weekends. And forget cleaning and tidying - it's a waste of time.</h4><p></p><h4>All these ideas seem perfect but...</h4><p></p><h4><strong>...perhaps being a parent is quite complicated after all and it's more pleasant comfortable and easier to be a child?</strong></h4><p></p>