This little memoir didn't take me long to read, and once I started I wanted to carry on till it was finished, so I have dark circles this morning after sitting up in bed reading till almost 1 am. Maggie tells us the story of her life, how as a young mother of a five year old daughter and an unborn son, her husband spiralled out of control, with his mental health becoming more and more unstable. Faced with bringing up her young children by herself, she is shocked with her mothers cancer diagnosis and death not long after.
Finding herself grieving and trying to work and bring up her children by herself, Maggie packs the family up and heads out to the country to stay on the family farm. It is here that you can feel a healing happening, a bit of normality even though her dreams are haunted by her husband.
I like a memoir, it reminds us of our own frailty and vulnerability, how precious our lives are and how much we touch others in our life. It can help us also to remember that we are strong, that we can get through and that even though our stories and journeys are different we all just want love and happiness. 3/5
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