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Hi, I am delighted to tell you about my new novel, The Mother and Daughter Diaries, published by Mira. I have always been passionate about writing and it started right back in Junior School. Later, writing became part of my life when I worked for magazines and wrote several parenting books. Soon, I was writing plays and realised that fiction was where my passion really lay. I am currently putting the final touches to my next novel – Cloudbusting Day. It has certainly been an eventful journey…
Sixteen-year-old Jo makes lists to manage her world, but somehow she still feels out of control. But she has found one way to cope: watching what she eats – or rather, what she doesn’t eat. And she is losing weight…. but not quickly enough
Lizzie, Jo’s mum, doesn’t make lists.
She’s too busy being a single mum, hating her ex-husbands new wife and trying to keep an eye on Jo – who seems to have stopped communicating with her altogether.
When Jo is diagnosed with anorexia, Lizzie is desperate with worry and their lives spin out of control. Jo needs help and she knows it.
Beneath Jo and Lizzie’s Fears and frustrations is a funny, warm and insightful story about a mother and daughter who go on a journey to find themselves- and each other.