Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy,

It was well-written and interesting read for me. I will be checking out more from Hoggarth.

This is an enjoyable yet often heartbreaking novel about a group of women brought together by their newly-single status. Having split with their partners, single mothers Amanda and Ali decide to move in together. Soon joined by Jacqui, the 'single mum's mansion' is complete, in which the three friends learn to live, love and get through the tough realities of divorce and single parenthood with the help and support of one another.

This book was heartwarming and humorous in many ways, yet at the same time touches on the true hurdles of life as a single parent, and having to deal with relationship struggles and hardships, and the often difficult issue of new love. This was an enjoyable read full of friendship, laughs and truths.

Easy, straightforward and amusing summer read. Its all about women having each others backs in their time of need. Great characters and I really enjoyed the writing style.

I loved this book. Easy to read and kept me hooked from the start. I enjoyed the characters and watching their journey unfold as the book went on

I was drawn to this book as a single mum myself. I laughed and cried along with the characters in the story. Certainly made me think. Easy read, good storyline.

I enjoyed this story. Amanda's husband has left her and their three children. They continue to live in their large Victorian mansion in London. When pregnant friend Ali shows up on Amanda's doorstep alone in need of shelter she is offered the attic for her and her newborn daughter. Soon their friend Jacqui and her children have moved in and the family setting is complete. The trials and tribulations of these three single moms makes a great book. Janet Hoggarth has written several books but this is the first of her titles that I've read. She shows the reality of divorce and friendship. Quite enjoyable. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Single Mums' Mansion is absolutely hilarious. To read the story of such great friends tackling life's hardest times together is funny, uplifting, and you'll be rolling on the floor laughing by the end!

This is an ok story about three single mums who move in together. It's a modern story and would be a good summer read.

This is the story of Amanda, who with three children, one a baby, is deserted by her husband in favour of a TV chef. She eventually helps out her friend with her baby, in a similar state, and with a third friend dropping in daily, the house is buzzing, with complaints about men, home life and things in general.
Then when Amanda's husband decides to remarry, he wants the children to take part in the filming of the wedding for television., she goes into full melt-down moment.
The characters in this book, are larger than life, but very true to how some people behave. I was not keen on the amounts of alcohol consumed, or the amount of drug taking, but it was a good, and amusing read.Modern views on marriage are certainly different to when I got married 47 years ago!
Many thanks to the publisher and Net Galley for allowing me to read this book.

An enjoyable read, despite a few holes in the plot.

However, some nice characters, and great to see women supporting one another. Some of the swearing could be a bit much for some readers, and the drug-taking is slightly gratuitous.

Amanda, mum of 3 under 5’s has just had the worst happen: her husband has up sticks and moved out leaving her in their “forever home” that was (and is) in need of renovation and restoration. With her youngest just over a year old, she’s constantly juggling kiddos, dodging lego and sharp-toy landmines and trying, not always well, to keep it all together. Amanda’s best friends Ali and Mel are solidly supportive, even with their own issues. And a new ‘friend” from a Mommy & Me class, Jacqui joins the gang. See, Ali is pregnant with her first (a not welcome surprise for her husband) and Jacqui is a divorced mum of two. So at different stages of their lives and relationships, not to mention everyone struggling with ‘parenting’ as we all do – the story has a sense of “yes – I remember that” to all mums.

And then, from a reasonably slow start that let Amanda’s character develop and present itself as someone wanting, worrying and ignoring all those things we all do – it’s Ali and her daughter into the attic rooms in the house, and Jacqui in with her two – she’s there always anyway. Combining cash flow, support, sitting, childcare and even a stand in for hangover time (screaming toddlers are even less tolerable when hungover) the women start to put their lives on paths unexpected before marriage and children changed their plans.

Lovely for the honesty, support and friendships that these three have come to rely on, not to mention the ever-present struggle of dealing with self-absorbed, self-centered and often selfish spouses more than willing to be “the fun parent” with little to no regard for the realities of parenthood. Sure, the first words may be less than savory - and requests that little pitchers leave those embarrassing and difficult questions for “Daddy Time”, add a subtle hint of spread the torture about to those who deserve it most.
An intriguing and fun read, purely delightful for those looking for a story that shows how support, friendship and a bit of mayhem in your life may be just what is needed.

I received an eArc copy of the title from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.

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A fun book all about the trials that beset women who have suddenly become single mums as their husbands decide that they no longer love them.

So, left alone with lots of young children, they form a self-support group in Amanda's victorian house in South London, which is only half renovated as her husband left before completing it. With little money, the group find themselves dependent on each other for everything - including support after monster hang-overs and crying jags.

This is a light and fun novel but yet it still manages to highlight the desperate feelings and often poor living conditions of the 'first' wife and the emotional toll that having a husband leaving and then acquiring a second family often imparts.

I enjoyed this book even though I have little experience personally of what the characters written about go through, I found that the writing gave me that knowledge and made me very aware of just how awful it must be to be in that situation. A well written book with enough humour not to make it too emotionally draining.

Such a fun and funny book, but also moments of great sadness - it's a well paced and well written book. It lingers on the edge of being believable but always stays on the right side!

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. Very enjoyable book about how three women with children who were divorced or separated from their partners ended up sharing a house to help each other out, emotionally and with the childcare.

I love the premise behind this book and the overarching storyline was fun. It is also incredibly feminist and involves very strong women as the song goes 'sisters doing it for themselves'. I enjoyed getting to know main character Amanda and her three children. Her friend Ali and her daughter Grace and their other friend Jacqui. There are also a whole host of other supporting characters, some of whom were hard to keep track of because I didn't quite know how they fitted into the lives of our main characters or because they had similar names.



There are definitely parts of this novel that show the darker side of divorce and being a single parent and we live through a whole host of emotions that Amanda lives through. There are trigger warnings here for miscarriage and also unwanted pregnancies so just be warned of that before going in. As I say I enjoyed the overarching storyline about women sticking together and supporting each other in times of trouble. Amanda also gets into alternative healing as the book progresses and here's where I had some issues. Some of the things that she goes in for just seemed a little out of character for her and she and her friends refer to the books and the therapies that she uses as 'beardy weirdy' which I also thought was out of character for her and could also cause offense to others. I thought that this side of the novel felt a little detached from the rest of it.



As well as getting to see the highs and lows of living the single parent life and going through a divorce, we also get to see what happens when mums let their hair down. There is quite a bit of drinking and drug use in the novel which did shock me a little and again seems a little out of character for some of the mums in this book. There are hangovers galore and the emotional roller coasters that go with 'the morning after'. I did enjoy the premise behind this book and what it does to promote strong women supporting each other. I enjoyed the fact that it revolves around three amazing mums holding their own in the big bad world, but I did have a few issues with it.

This is the first book that I have read by Janet Hoggarth but rest assured that judging by how much I loved reading ‘The Single Mums’ Mansion’, it certainly won’t be the last one I read. I absolutely LOVED no make that ADORED reading it but more about that in a bit.
The main character in this book is called Amanda Wilkie. She is the proud mother of three healthy children and she thought that she was happily married- well until her husband upped and left her that is. Poor Amanda then sort of falls apart because not only has she had the rug pulled out from under her feet, she is the main carer of three children under 5 years old, her husband appears to be having an early midlife crisis and she is stuck with the hammer house of horrors. By that I mean that she lives in a house that was billed as being a renovation project and it is that and so much more. The house is a wreck and needs so much work doing to it. I really felt for Amanda and there were so many times when I wanted to jump into the pages of this book and give Amanda a hug or to have a bitching session with her about men and I also wanted to slap her so called husband a few dozen times across the face with a wet fish for how he treated Amanda, how he deceived her, how he is still not telling her the full truth and basically for being a pig. Ooh that man makes me feel so mad. It isn’t all bad news for Amanda though because her support network has just got that bit closer and each member of the network is there for whichever member needed extra support. Two of her friends, who are also single mothers move into her house and they have so much fun, lots to drink and lots of laughs. They had so much fun that I wanted to move in before remembering I have no children (I could always babysit) and this is fiction so not real (bah humbug).
I was immediately intrigued by the synopsis of this book. It sounded like an interesting read with a few laughs along the way so I opened the front cover and began to read. Oh my is so much more than that because yes it has its serious parts but it also carries a serious message in that you find out who your friends are when you are having a crap time and that things really can get better even when you think that they can’t. I became addicted to reading this book from the moment I started reading this book and it wasn’t long until the page numbers and the chapters were flying past in a blur. It didn’t take me that long to finish reading this book and before I knew what was happening, I had finished the book, which I was so disappointed about. I was enjoying the author’s writing style, the story and the characters so much that I just wanted the book to continue. The characters were so well written that they almost came to life and I began to think of them (apart from the cheating spouses that is) as friends. This is one of those books that is like an emotional rollercoaster- there are highs, there are lows and there are moments that leave you slightly stunned.
In short I absolutely ADORED reading ‘The Single Mums’ Mansion’ and I would definitely recommend it to other readers. I can’t wait to read what comes next from Janet Hoggarth. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a well deserved 5* out of 5*.

I can only say from personal experience this book is bang on, I wish it had been around for me to read to understand there is light at the end of the tunnel, although that's only after seeing three kids through teenage hood in my case
Cosmic writing I had so forgotten this was a thing and bizarrely I found a letter behind a photo frame with a letter in the back of it. My cosmic letter all was true apart from the glaring big hole where the husband, father is meant to be but the rest had spookily come true
So on that vein I say well done on an amazing book looking forward to more and this with a bottle of fizz should be every single parent manual
I am off to write another cosmic letter

In "The Single Mums' Mansion," debut novelist Janet Hoggarth brings humor and heart to the story of Amanda, a mother of three small children who rebuilds her life after her husband unexpected moves out of the family home. Alone and looking for connection, Amanda opens her doors to another single mother, Ali, and the two grow closer to another divorced mother, Jacqui. The friends help each other navigate the challenges of newly-divorced life, including dating, finding work, and navigating relationships with their ex-husbands and their new spouses and children.

Overall this is a good read. It is a funny and heartbreaking story about life. It was a bit long in places but I still enjoyed it.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

I found this book such a drag from the off. it did eventually pick up but not enough that i forgot about the beginning. characters ok but long winded about the house and relationships with ex/s