“What this book gave me was the sense of the weird and wild places the early parenting years take you, what you have to fight for there, and why it’s worth it.”
Tag: books
The Art of Flying: Bach Goes To The Circus
“Surely to know flight is to know falling. How many times have these young people fallen literally in rehearsal or performance? How many broken bones and ligaments had to heal to build these places of crossing over, of worship?”
SPLIT, by Maggie Walters
“I think it’s so wonderful that Maggie has chosen to refuse to hide, and in telling her story shows the way for any of us wanting to recover from hurt and shame.”
Harm None by Gay Lynch
“Reading this as Netflix’s Adolescence hit the headlines was timely indeed. Harm None raises some similar questions of teenage development, gender and technology, but through the eyes of a girl.”
Because I’m Not Myself, You See, by Ariane Beeston
“The first line of this book is one of the best I have ever read: ‘I’m on my way home from work when my baby turns into a dragon.’ “
The Normal Grown-Up 