From A is for Argumentative, Awkward and Angst, to Z is for Zits and Zzzzzs.

‘So ... You’re Having a Teenager’ - Sarah and Cathy are here to help. They are friends, next-door neighbours and fellow mums of teens who have lived through it all. Discover their straight talking, not entirely sarcastic, informative guide to what, for many parents, are the most challenging years in the role.

About the book:

A straight-talking, laugh-out-loud survival guide to raising teenagers from two of Australia's favourite commentators.

So, you're having a teenager? Congratulations/commiserations.

Worried about drugs? We recommend Valium, wine and HRT.

Happy you survived the toddler tantrums? Let us introduce you to the eye roll, the cold shoulder and the incoherent mumble.

On the bright side, you've reduced your need for Google - your adolescent is now able to frequently correct, hector and lecture you with their strong opinion on everything. And if you feel tired, you're not imagining it. Teen years are like dog years: for every year your teen ages, you age seven.

You need a survival guide for the testing times ahead. Friends, next-door neighbours and fellow mums of teens Sarah Macdonald and Cathy Wilcox have lived through it all and produced this straight-talking, not entirely sarcastic, informative guide to what for many parents are the most challenging - but interesting and exciting - years in the role.

About the authors:

Sarah Macdonald is an ABC journalist and author of the international bestseller Holy Cow. Sarah co-hosts the storytelling event and comedy podcast 'The Full Catastrophe' with Rebecca Huntley. She has two terrific teens who would say this book is 'fully sick' but they refuse to read it.

Cathy Wilcox is a cartoonist for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, for which she has drawn since 1989, as well as illustrating numerous children's books, collecting three Walkley Awards and some Children's Book Council commendations for her work along the way. She is the mother of two children who have almost made it through the teenage years, and one eternally childlike dog.