COMP CLOSED ‘Mrs Groff’s Mischievous Book of Motherhood Management’

This week’s giveaway book is from multi award-winning Australian novelist, columnist and non-fiction writer Maggie Groff, bestselling author of Mothers Behaving Badly. Her latest book is Mrs Groff’s Mischievous Book of Motherhood Management.

You can fool all of the children some of the time, and some of the children all of the time, but with practice you can fool all of the children all of the time. And their fathers.

Warm, funny and wise, Mrs Groff’s Mischievous Book of Motherhood Management is an irresistible voice for our time, championing common sense and skewering nonsense at every turn. Based on her bestselling Mothers Behaving Badly, this little gift book is packed with gems of old along with a treasure trove of new and fascinating information about the female parent – plus a multitude of facts, cheats, ideas and curiosities that will surprise and delight mothers everywhere.

Keen to win a copy for yourself or a gift? Then simply tell us your best parenting tip in 50 words or fewer! Funny or serious, it’s up to you. Our favourite three answers will WIN a copy of this book!

Entries close midday Monday 2 March, Sydney/Melbourne time.

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR YOUR ENTRIES! WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND ANNOUNCED IN OUR NEWSLETTER.

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