“Love and worry can etch the weirdest things into you to keep you safe.”
Tag: writing
How Parenthood Is Like Paris: A Sprawling Memoir Of Mess And Beauty You Never Really Leave
“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.”
Are We There Yet? (Mothers’ Day Edit)
“What a gift for a mum…a world in which fairness for all was arrived at by healing men and boys.”
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.”
Lions – A Short Story
“Some texts seem to know when to arrive.
The first time I read it, outside the meerkats, I went to scroll back to try and read it again and dropped the phone. And kicked the phone. And then grabbed it and Cookie and left via the gift shop.”
The Normal Grown-Up 