I also love hearing from my readers. Come and join the fun on my Facebook page, Motherhood for Slackers. They are a friendly bunch and we even let boys in. You can also find me on Twitter or on my website. Chatting to you will make a lovely change from persuading teenagers that Shakespeare isn’t boring, listening to my son talk about Minecraft or being bossed around by my six-year-old daughter.
Stay in touch!
Emma
www.motherhoodforslackers.com
Acknowledgements
I’d like to say another hugely grateful thank you to my brilliant publisher Isobel Akenhead for her enthusiasm, support and fantastic editing skills. Big kisses go to Kim Nash for her wonderful PR and round-the-clock emotional support (thanks Twinny!) and to the whole Bookouture family for their help, humour and online hijinks.
Thanks again to my fantastic beta readers Kate Machon, Elizabeth Symonds, Martin Ross and Marie Dentan who read and annotated my first draft within a week of asking. You have helped above and beyond.
Grateful thanks to all my friends and family who have shared my books online and encouraged/pressured/threatened their friends into ordering them. I hope I haven’t let you down.
Thank you to Stephen Bonnington for answering my questions about Crohn’s disease and to the friends who shared their dating horror stories. Thanks also to the residents of my nan’s sheltered accommodation thirty years ago who unwittingly provided my sister and I with so much suppressed laughter it physically hurt.
To my wonderful mum for all the Nana sleepovers, Nana pasta and Nana soup (and for unofficial PR activity to random strangers on the bus). And to the inventor of Minecraft for keeping my two favourite small people occupied during final edits.
To my husband Dan who listens to my writing highs and woes and treats those two imposters just the same. Thank you for everything you do.
And lastly, an immense thank you to everyone who read The Undercover Mother and took the time to write a review. Putting your first novel out there is terrifying and your lovely words were like unexpected Prosecco after a long week at work. I hope you like this one too.
xxx
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