Lisa and Nancy swap places
Self-made millionaire businesswoman Lisa Burke swaps her husband, children and international company with Nancy Caldwell, a passionate stay-at-home mum to four lively kids. Thirty-eight-year-old Lisa has always been ambitious. She set up her successful aromatherapy business 15 years ago when her three children were all under three.
Lisa often works 90 hours a week and has two au pairs to run the family home in Northampton, which has a swimming pool and dance studio. Lisa's husband Tony, 48, works for her, and her drive and determination have rubbed off on their middle child, Simon, 15, who also works in the family business. Lisa's convinced she's as close to having it all as you can get.
Life couldn't be more different for Nancy, full-time housewife and mother. Nancy loves staying at home to look after her four children. Nancy and her partner Vinny, 36, rent a house on a Liverpool council estate, and although money is tight they both agree that looking after their four children is their top priority, so Nancy hasn't worked for 13 years.
In Nancy's eyes the family comes first. How does 15-year-old workaholic Simon Burke react to Nancy banning work and trying to bring fun and spontaneity into the house? Can Nancy convince the Burkes that every family needs a mum? And how does Lisa, who's used to motivating hundreds of people at conferences, cope with a man who'd rather tuck his kids in than make extra cash?
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