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You can't choose your family - but you can choose your friends! A heartfelt, warm and truthful novel about female friendship.
Eve has never imagined herself as a stepmother. But when she falls in love with Ian, he comes with a ready-made family of three children. And, to make matters...
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Posted on 02 Oct 2009
One of the reasons I love Twitter - and there are many - is because if you miss something, you can be sure someone else on Twitter will spot it and let you know. Like a few weeks ago when a Red reader tweeted to tell me Nigella had chosen The...
Posted on 13 Sep 2009
Not sure what's going on with the planets this week (not that I believe all that, of course, but if I did, apparently Mercury's in retrograde - again!!), anyway, whatever the cause, it's been crazy. On Tuesday morning the piece I'd written for...
Posted on 29 Aug 2009
For everyone who's been asking, the date of the live webchat on mumsnet is confirmed. We'll be talking all things step-related at 1pm on tuesday 8th September. For more info click on the mumsnet link on the home page. Hope to see you there!
Posted on 25 Aug 2009
... The Stepmothers' Support Group!
I'm so excited because Nigella Lawson has chosen SSG to be her Nigella Loves on her website, Nigella.com, this week. Nigella's a stepmum herself so I'm doubly pleased that she loves the book.
If you...
Posted on 22 Aug 2009
I'm a bit over-excited. I've just been in WHSmith and there it was, in all it's pink glory - The Stepmothers' Support Group, number 27 in the hardback chart. Yes, I was the cringy person taking photos on her mobile phone.
It's been a crazy...
Posted on 17 Aug 2009
Well, it's launch week and we're off to a flying start. Today I wrote a piece for the Daily Mail about the ups and downs of being a stepmum. I spoke to lots of women with a whole variety of experiences (good and bad) of being a stepmum and it...
The first stepmums' support group
Posted on 07 Aug 2009
The Stepmothers' Support Group went live for the first time this week when we recreated one in an East London bar for a feature you'll be able to see in the October issue of Red.
Let me tell you, it is NOT easy to persuade stepmums to talk on...