What a refreshing collection of essays! Written with such honesty on her very personal experiences of miscarriage and infertility, her relationship with her alcoholic father, Pine also gives us an insight into her experiences as a young teen, finding her way, breaking rules and boundaries – and learning the hard way who she really is. Her writing is unsentimental and thankfully, never apologetic, and her journey, like many unwritten women’s lives, is filled with a messy complexity that we can identify with. This is feminist writing that does not whack you over the head with how things should be, but instead, in relatable language, it conveys how things really are. Make sure you have plenty of time to sit and read before you open this book, you won’t want to stop turning the pages until you reach the very last one!

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Caroline E Farrell is a writer, filmmaker and blogger. She is the author of the novel, LADY BETH and has written and directed the short film FRAMED (2018). She has also written and co-produced the short films IN RIBBONS (2015) and ADAM (2013).