The Mother Load

<b>Katy Cox</b> is a classically trained cellist who has performed with some of the music industry's biggest names including Michael Bublé Elton John Bryan Ferry and Take That. After having her first child her touring life was put on hold and she started blogging as an alternative creative outlet. Her illustrated comedy blog <i>Carry on Katy</i> was shortlisted for the BritMums Brilliance in Blogging award for two consecutive years. Katy is a mother of two incredible autistic sons and lives in Wales with her family<br><br><b>katycoxauthor.com</b><br> <b>Twitter: @MisforMummy</b><br> <b>Instagram: @m_is_for_mummy</b><br> <b>Facebook: www.facebook.com/misformummy</b> <b>'Funny and relatable' <i>Heat</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>Mishaps at work mayhem at home...</b><br><br><i>It'll get easier when he starts school... </i>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.<br><br>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. <br><br>And suddenly Lucy is faced with the truth about what her loved ones really need and how they can finally find their tribe...<br><br><b>Readers love <i>The Mother Load</i></b><br><b>'Best thing I've read all year' *****</b><br><b>'Funny warm and touching' *****</b><br><b>'As a mother of two autistic children so much of it speaks to me on a personal level' *****</b><br><b>'<i>Gavin and Stacey</i> eat your heart out ... this is comedy gold and should be on the screen!' *****</b> <b>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. <i>Motherland</i> meets <i>The A Word</i>.</b> <b>Funny touching and a little bit mad - it's <i>Motherland </i>on acid</b> <b>Funny and relatable</b> An <b>ethralling</b> dedication to both motherhood and autism ... Cox's writing style is <b>engaging</b> A<b> funny and touching</b> insight into music autism and motherhood A truthful book that dives headfirst into the realities of motherhood that will make you laugh out loud and touch your heart in equal measure A <b>relatable yet original </b>read you won't be able to put down ... will make you laugh out loud. <b>Simply brilliant!</b> <b>Funny touching and a little bit mad - it's <i>Motherland </i>on acid</b> <b>Funny and relatable</b> An <b>ethralling</b> dedication to both motherhood and autism ... Cox's writing style is <b>engaging</b> A<b> funny and touching</b> insight into music autism and motherhood A truthful book that dives headfirst into the realities of motherhood that will make you laugh out loud and touch your heart in equal measure A <b>relatable yet original </b>read you won't be able to put down ... will make you laugh out loud. <b>Simply brilliant!</b>