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juicyd's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
katykelly's review against another edition
5.0
Hysterical and tragic, Moran talks sense, sex and society. Caitlin is my spirit animal.
I finished this book a month ago. It's stayed with me since, I've already mentioned it to several friends. And quite a few elements of the book have come back to me.
I ADORE Ms Moran, both from Wolverhampton, she's the writer I aspire to be, and her way with words inspires me. For a short while I wasn't sure about the start of this work, similar to Miranda Hart's autobiography where the author talks to another version of herself from another time, but it soon became apparent what this device was meant to achieve. And actually, even this introduction had affected me with a recent family tragedy and Caitlin inspiring me to 'step up' and be the grown up. So thank you, even for that.
I should have trusted you as well, with the unusual structure of splitting the chapters into time periods of a day. I ended up loving this, even if we don't all have the weekday morning 'married time' that Moran and Mr enjoy! It was novel, it was fresh and it worked.
The author gives us not only a woman's voice, perspective and problems. She gives both men and woman a reason to listen, and plenty of points about life, sex, marriage and family that any adult needs to hear, to savour and to take on board. She makes the typical life and worries of a woman make sense, looking at how we grew up, how we see the world, what we try to achieve. Epiphany moment.
I went from the heady heights of crying uproariously in the car, worried I might crash to sobbing uncontrollably (and still worrying about crashing) as Moran took us on a very honest and open journey with her, her husband and daughter.
Open about the problems of being a woman and mother as well as the joys, Caitlin is like the big sister I never had. Advisor, mentor, jester, social commentator... is there anything this woman can't make herself into, in one book?
I'm just a few years behind Moran, with younger children. Celebrity mums don't inspire me, I don't look up to them or really care to know what they say. But this woman has observed life, lived its highs and lows, experienced some of the glitz of celebrity culture while battling everyday trials and writing about it, warts and all, and it shows.
Erudite, witty, sexy and down-to-earth, she's a role model for 30- and 40-somethings, and men could do far worse than gain some insight into their spouses too.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
I finished this book a month ago. It's stayed with me since, I've already mentioned it to several friends. And quite a few elements of the book have come back to me.
I ADORE Ms Moran, both from Wolverhampton, she's the writer I aspire to be, and her way with words inspires me. For a short while I wasn't sure about the start of this work, similar to Miranda Hart's autobiography where the author talks to another version of herself from another time, but it soon became apparent what this device was meant to achieve. And actually, even this introduction had affected me with a recent family tragedy and Caitlin inspiring me to 'step up' and be the grown up. So thank you, even for that.
I should have trusted you as well, with the unusual structure of splitting the chapters into time periods of a day. I ended up loving this, even if we don't all have the weekday morning 'married time' that Moran and Mr enjoy! It was novel, it was fresh and it worked.
The author gives us not only a woman's voice, perspective and problems. She gives both men and woman a reason to listen, and plenty of points about life, sex, marriage and family that any adult needs to hear, to savour and to take on board. She makes the typical life and worries of a woman make sense, looking at how we grew up, how we see the world, what we try to achieve. Epiphany moment.
I went from the heady heights of crying uproariously in the car, worried I might crash to sobbing uncontrollably (and still worrying about crashing) as Moran took us on a very honest and open journey with her, her husband and daughter.
Open about the problems of being a woman and mother as well as the joys, Caitlin is like the big sister I never had. Advisor, mentor, jester, social commentator... is there anything this woman can't make herself into, in one book?
I'm just a few years behind Moran, with younger children. Celebrity mums don't inspire me, I don't look up to them or really care to know what they say. But this woman has observed life, lived its highs and lows, experienced some of the glitz of celebrity culture while battling everyday trials and writing about it, warts and all, and it shows.
Erudite, witty, sexy and down-to-earth, she's a role model for 30- and 40-somethings, and men could do far worse than gain some insight into their spouses too.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
celtic_oracle's review
4.0
A celebration of middle age that is funny, heartbreaking and insightful. My favourite quote:
"Women slagging off other women for perceived physical imperfections is like farting on a spaceship: everyone on board suffers, including she who dealt it."
"Women slagging off other women for perceived physical imperfections is like farting on a spaceship: everyone on board suffers, including she who dealt it."