The Undercover Mother Quotes

“The ‘My Life Is Perfect – You Need To Do The Same’ evangelists. It wasn’t only their arrogance that bugged her, it was their incomprehension about how their comments made you feel.”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“Gemma had the usual assurance of the know-it-alls who can’t understand that anyone else could have a perfectly nice life doing things slightly differently from them.”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“Wearing anything remotely clingy made her middle resemble cake mixture. To be fair, cake mixture was what it had seen most of in the last few months.”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“She didn’t feel like she’d done anything. She felt like it had been done to her.”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“Once the baby was here, her body would return to normal and the rest of her life would follow. She’d be able to stay awake past 9 p.m., wear clothes that didn’t resemble camping equipment and be out and about researching nightlife for ‘Girl About Town’.”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“Gemma lives around here,’ said Naomi. ‘Lucky woman.’ ‘Well, in Shoreham actually,”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“Antonia wheeled around. ‘Is she okay? What about me? I’m the wronged wife here!’ There was a pause. ‘To be fair to Naomi, you don’t seem to be looking for a shoulder to”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“cake you’d want, so I got a”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“but she got all hippy”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“breaking some record for”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother

“for her first post-baby night out.”
― Emma Robinson, The Undercover Mother