- Blurb -
When death is dancing closer than you' d like, what becomes important? What do you need to tell your child? And how do you want to be remembered? A beautiful, tender, funny and poignant guide on how to really live, from a mother to her daughter. Ella Ward comes from a long line of irrepressibly charming raconteurs, letter-writers, storytellers and people who ' quite like giving toasts at parties' . And so, a few years ago, when Ella was 36 years old, with a husband and a young daughter, and was told that she had a rare cancer and might die, she decided that death wasn' t going to stand in the way of her mothering her child. As Ella' s treatment for her cancer began, she started drafting letters to her daughter. To tell her about life, love, death, the importance of cotton knickers and - above all - her family. The kind of people who weren' t dissuaded by little things like cancer. Or war. Or loss. Or a charging elephant. This is a story of what we inherit, and how we become ourselves. This is the story of a family - a glorious, funny, exotic and gutsy family - but it' s really a story about how your attitude to life, can shape your life. A time-travelling memoir from one mother, and the generations that came before her - these are twenty-seven letters about the good, the bad, the magical and the whole damn thing. Jaunty, brave, moving and immensely appealing, this is a gloriously endearing inspirational story in the tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie and The Last Lecture . . . although with slightly more dry martinis.
- Author Bio -
Ella Ward is an Aussie mum, wife, advertising boss lady and sometime freelance writer. She' s also, unfortunately, one of Those Cancer People. Her words have been published in places like Frankie, Lunch Lady and The Age; as well as online on sites including MamaMia, Whimn and KidSpot. Ella' s currently oversharing here, down the shops, at the hairdressers, anywhere near other people, and - of course - on Instagram @_msellabella
- Full Details -
Status: | Active |
ISBN-13: | 9781460760420 |
Published: | 30 Mar 2022 |
Published In: | Australia |
Imprint: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty |
Format: | Paperback |
Pages: | 304 |
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