Quilt on Fire: The Messy Magic of Midlife

'a Wildly Entertaining And Necessary Book' Elizabeth Day 'a Must-read For Every Woman' Jacqueline Wilson 'a Laugh-out-loud, Haunting And Beautifully Crafted Manual' Dreda Say Mitchell ________ In Her Early Twenties, Christie Watson Was Convinced She'd Found Her Soulmate, In A Glowing Flash Of Light That Turned Out To Be A Tealight Setting Her Quilt On Fire. Twenty Years Later, Her Bed Is Burning Once Again... As She Wakes In A Perimenopausal Sweat, Night After Night. This Is The Story Of Her Journey Through Midlife: Of The Joy Of Letting Go And The Pain Of The Morning After, Of The Unstoppable Power Of Female Friendship And The Struggle To Raise Teenagers As A Single Parent. It Lays Bare The Exhilaration, Agony, Wonder And Fears Of Being A Middle-aged Woman With A Wild Heart, A Changing Body And A New Set Of Challenges. And As Her World Takes On A Different Shape, There's Something Else She Starts To Feel: The Hot Flush Of Possibility... 'wickedly Funny, Deliciously Candid And Deeply Moving' Rachel Clarke, Author Of Dear Life 'give Quilt On Fire To Your Daughter, Mother, Sister, Friends. A Howlingly Good Midlife Battle Cry' Jess Kidd, Author Of Things In Jars 'brilliant... Like Having An Honest Conversation With A Smart And Funny Friend' Cathy Rentzenbrink, Author Of Dear Reader