Author Description

"Conversations with my Children" charts the last ten years of everyday life for Leigh Forbes and her three children: the Small Boy, the Small Girl, and the Smaller Girl (one of whom is now larger than she is). Occasionally, the children allow her to teach and guide them, and share the wisdom of her years – as is fitting for her role as a parent – but more often, they totally get one over. This book is a lasting record of those roastings. With additional offerings from (amongst others) the author's sister, her dad, the cat, and some random bloke in the cinema, together with a range of funny, whimsical, and sometimes poignant observations on parenting in general, this collection offers an insight into one mother's experience on the front line of family life. "A joy!" —Stephanie Butland. "An utterly charming account of the wise, wonderful, witty and downright weird things children say." —C. L. Taylor.