The Patchwork Family

Refreshing and honest … this isn’t your standard mum memoir * Psychologies Magazine *In a world of social-media gloss, Hambleton has spent the last few years being unusually frank about the mess of life * iNews *

Rachaele Hambleton, aka Part-Time Working Mummy, is a double Sunday Times bestselling author and one of the most popular parenting personalities online. She is a mum to three daughters and one baby boy, step-mum to two boys and is married to her ‘bird-boy’ Josh. Her successful blog documents the highs and lows of life as a family of eight … with a dog and some chickens thrown in for good measure. As well as blogging and bringing up six humans, Rachaele fights hard for awareness of domestic violence and is an ambassador for Kidscape and a Patron of Trevi, Plymouth. In 2021 Rachaele opened Torbay’s first women’s centre, which is a safe hub to support women and children. She is trying to make the world a better place by creating a wonderful community of over 778,000 people that support and empower one another.