Episode Thirty Seven: Fuck Porridge

“This is stunning. Memoir is such a fascinating genre isn’t it? And you write it brilliantly.”

Clover Stroud – author of four memoirs including the Sunday Times Bestseller, The Giant on the Skyline

Hi friends,

If you’re new here (hi!), you might want to head to this post and get stuck into the episodes of my memoir, Held in Mind, from the beginning:

It asks some big questions: in the absence of a ‘well’ mother, is it ever possible to become a ‘good enough’ one yourself? Can the cycle of intergenerational maternal trauma ever be broken?

This week…