"What's in it for me, mum?" deals with how to be a good parent. It can be read as a fictional narrative as well as a self-help "guide to life and parenting."

A son is given his mother's diary and through it he follows the emotional journey she went on after discovering she was pregnant. The pregnant Danielle speaks every week to local café owner Gertie about her memories of her own dysfunctional childhood, her hopes and feelings for her unborn child, and creates her own set of nineteen commandments for parenthood.