Feature: Success from writing about what she knows
They say write about what you know and for Colchester author, Clare Shaw, it has paid off with her new novel.
A funny, warm and insightful look into the relationship between a mother and daughter…

Colchester Gazette 21st January 2008

The Other Roof.
The Other Roof is the story of a man in crisis who wants to jump off the roof but is stopped by a failed vicar who needs the roof space to sing opera in privacy. It is a wry take on Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus and asks the question - does life have meaning?

Double Page feature: Mother and Daughter Experience is Basis for New Book
All her knowledge and experience has doubtless fed into Clare’s fictional debut The Mother and Daughter Diaries featuring 16 year old Jo and single Mum Lizzie.
A literary mix of serious and funny, light and dark appeals…

East Anglian Daily Times 31st January 2008

Generation Game
Clare’s stunning debut novel The Mother and Daughter Diaries is a hilarious take on the subject (of the mother daughter relationship) and an ideal gift for Mother’s Day. As you’d expect of a veteran writer of parenting books, it’s packed with pearls of wisdom,

Woman and Home March 08 edition