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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 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...
Visit the Stepmums' Support Group on mumsnet
Posted on 18 Jul 2009
Sitting in Caffe Nero, supposedly doing the first draft of my next novel (working title What to Wear to Your Best Friend's Funeral), and I thought I'd tell you a bit more about the SSG activity with mumsnet.
Click on the link on the homepage...
Posted on 13 Jul 2009
If you’re not in the UK, the good news is SSG will be published next summer in the United States. We’ve also sold rights in Netherlands, Germany and Greece so far. More to follow soon. Plus – very exciting – there’s...
Posted on 14 Jul 2009
Thought you might like to see a copy of my Red Editor's letter that kick started my thinking about The Stepmothers' Support Group
Welcome to the new look website!
Posted on 13 Jul 2009
Welcome to my website!
If you’ve visited my website before, you might have noticed it’s had a makeover. If you haven’t – good job too, it wasn’t very good and I, lazily, hadn’t updated it for ages....