Mums: A Celebration of Motherhood

Mums: A Celebration of Motherhood

by Sarah Brown (Editor), Gil McNeil (Editor)

Synopsis

This glorious celebration of motherhood is edited by Sarah Brown and features brand new stories and personal recollections by popular writers such as Rosamunde Pilcher, Kate Atkinson, Gervase Phinn, Meera Syal, Alexander McCall Smith, Joanne Harris and many, many more. It is sprinkled with wonderfully touching and funny anecdotes from figures such as Jilly Cooper, Arabella Weir and Jenni Murray and features cartoons by Posy Simmonds, Sally Ann Lasson and illustrations by Shirley Hughes and Quentin Blake. A rich treasure trove that reflects the many voices of motherhood from across the generations. Mums is a terrific read and a present guaranteed to bring more pleasure than chocolate and more staying power than flowers.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 01 Mar 2007

ISBN 10: 0091910668
ISBN 13: 9780091910662
Book Overview: The perfect gift for the Mum in your life; a hugely enjoyable collection of new fiction, memoir and anecdote, illustrated with humorous cartoons and pictures

Author Bio
Sarah Brown is married to Gordon Brown and is President of the charity PiggyBankKids, which she founded in 2002. PiggyBankKids has launched the Jennifer Brown Research Fund to seek solutions to pregnancy difficulties and help save newborn lives, and supports a wide range of charitable projects which create opportunities for children and young people. Sarah and Gordon live in Fife and London with their sons John and Fraser. Gil McNeil is the bestselling author of The Only Boy For Me, Stand By Your Man, In the Wee Small Hours and Divas Don't Knit. She helps run the charity PiggyBankKids, and lives in Canterbury with her son.