Tiny Acts of Love by Lucy Lawrie

I managed to read a whole book on holiday during the May half term. Twelve years of always having at least one really small child to ‘chaperone’ has got in the way of this treat for me for too long and it was a joy to rediscover! As a bonus, book proved to be a great beach read. A real page turner – made me laugh made me cry … It really did – one proper wet weep towards the end which took me by surprise.

The story follows the  heroine’s emotional journey as she is propelled through that oh so common but oh so extraordinary rite of passage of ‘having a baby’ …  it rocks her world, it changes her life perspective … not a new topic but well done. There is an engaging and entertaining narrative and the style is pacy and funny. But, the book proved too, for me, to be surprisingly more moving than I had anticipated … MUCH to identify with for any woman who has had a baby … Thoroughly enjoyed. Highly recommended.

Hats off to first time author Lucy Lawrie for a fab debut which she wrote during maternity leave (blimey – Impressive!), spurred on by the unearthing of a primary school book in which she had written with ‘wobbly’ care ‘I want to be an AUTHOR when I grow up’. Inspiring stuff.

She’s writing another one now …

Thank you to my sis Joanna Swainson of Hardman & Swainson who discovered Lucy Lawrie and and sent me a copy to try … it deserves to do well …