Quilt on Fire

The Messy Magic of Midlife

Quilt on Fire
Christie Watson
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Hardback
h204 x 138mm - 240pg
16 Jun 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781784744045
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A frank, funny and tender new book from Christie Watson about the search for meaning in mid-lifeA frank, funny and inspiring new memoir from Christie Watson about the search for meaning in mid-lifeQuilt on Fire reframes mid-life with openness and honesty, and celebrates the messy magic of being a single woman in your forties. Christie has been searching for the meaning of love since her early twenties- when the bright glow of emotion she experienced with her boyfriend turned out to be her bedroom quilt that had caught fire. Now, at the age of 44, following what she thought was a spectacular breakdown (and that turned out to be the peri-menopause), she asks the question- what does love mean now? Christie takes us on a very funny, sometimes shocking and touchingly poignant journey- through peri-menopause and single parenting, via a world pandemic, to a place of change and acceptance that her younger self would never have believed. . .
I adore Christie Watson. Quilt on Fire is full of her trademark candour, compassion and humour -- Elizabeth Day Funny, honest, liberating and wise - Christie Watson has written the equivalent of a laugh-until-you-cry conversation with a best friend -- Jess Kidd I love Quilt on Fire! I feel very seen. Christie Watson captures the chaos and uncertainty of midlife exactly. . . A hilarious romp at times, Quilt on Fire is also a moving and insightful exploration of a transformational inner journey -- Kathryn Mannix A rallying cry for all those confused by their forties, Watson captures midlife with typical fearlessness, humour and style. Her writers' eye never looks away from the truth but seeks only to illuminate it. -- Sarah Langford So timely. . . Quilt on Fire is like a supportive friend reaching out a hand, saying it will be okay -- Karen Angelico
Christie Watson is a writer and Professor of Medical and Health Humanities. She is Patron of the Royal College of Nursing Foundation. Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, won the Costa First Novel Award and along with her second novel, Where Women Are Kings, was widely translated and achieved international critical acclaim. The Language of Kindness, published in 2018, was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and Book of the Year in the Evening Standard, Guardian, i, New Statesman, the Sunday Times and The Times. It has been translated into 23 languages, and adapted for theatre, with a UK tour beginning in 2021. www. christiewatsonauthor. co. uk
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781784744045
Published: 16 Jun 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 204mm
Width: 138mm
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 400g
Pages: 240

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