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 …
I just want to get stuck in – get the whole job done! But this is not possible. I am learning to be pleased rather than frustrated with the small spurts of progress I make around the house and garden during the small pockets of childfree time that punctuate my days. It will all add up to create the desired vision eventually … won’t it?! And my (best attempts at) patience will be rewarded …. won’t they?! And the children will flourish from all the attention I devote to their lives … won’t they?!
… about LIFE. In all its glorious forms. The ups, the downs, the fun, the stress, the triumphs, the disasters, what’s interesting, what motivates, what blocks, what cheers … We just want to try out writing about stuff.
My good friend Kate and I have been talking about starting a blog for over a year now and lots of things have gotten in the way, work, family, life in general! There is also a sense of trepidation of being vocal in the world of social media when you haven’t grown up tweeting etc on a daily basis. Reading the quote from J.K. Rowling about failure empowered me to just go for it, so what if no one reads it. The whole point of starting it was to give us a sense of achievement and use writing as a personal therapy broadcasting our thoughts and views. The big bonus is that the blog meetings Kate and I have are the best meetings ever, 40% therapy, 40% gossip and 20% work whats not to love – and doing something with a good friend – priceless!!
