Lorraine Candy, a mother of four (including two teenage daughters),has been writing about parenting in national newspapers and magazines for more than a decade . She has a weekly family column in the Sunday Times magazine and co-hosts the Postcards from Midlife podcast which also tackles parenting adolescents.
"‘The mothering manual we all need’ Claudia Winkleman ‘Parenting is a massive tsunami of inadequacy. This book is a gentle, supportive hand to help us ride that tsunami, both personal and objective. I found it deeply comforting’ Davina McCall 'This book is for all mums of teenage girls who are still standing despite the daily takedowns, the hourly scrutiny of our various failings and the moment-by-moment dissection of our useless boomer existence. It will make you want to run into the street shouting, ""See? It's not me – it's HER!""' Jackie Clune"