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Why Mummy Swears is the much anticipated new novel from Gill Sims, author of the hilarious Why Mummy Drinks and online sensation Peter and Jane. It’s every parents’ nightmare - the start of the school holidays - and instead of sitting in the sun, reading a book over a cold, crisp glass of Pinot Grigio, Mummy has two bored moppets to attend to. After frantically booking sports camps, child minder slots, not to mention time off work, Mummy is exhausted. But this is only the beginning....

It’s almost Mummy’s 50th birthday. The hot flushes have just started, and nowadays she barely recognises herself. She’s been a wife and mother for so long that she can’t quite remember what life was like pre-moppets (although they’re more like giants now). Speaking of, Jane is constantly partying and naturally more interested in passing her driving test than her A-Levels. In fact, trying to get the kids through their exams at all is almost as excruciating as waiting for their results.

Este segundo volumen de Los diarios de Emilio Renzi, álter ego de Ricardo Piglia, recorre el periodo que va de 1968 a 1975. Aquí el joven escritor para de sus añor de formación a una carrera más sólida en el mundo de las letras argentinas con la dirección de una revista, los trabajos editoriales, los artículos, los cursos y conferencias. La pasión, la obsesión por la literatura se materializa en ideas y esbozos para cuentos y novelas, lecturas, encuentros con escritores consagrados, como Borges, Puig, Roa Bastos, Piñera.