Quilt on Fire: Friendship, Dating, Sex and Love

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Quilt on Fire follows this 40-something author into the dark and rarely headlined world of peri menopause; into the mystery of midlife, and the impact this has on women. I don’t think there are any “bests” for me – that’s the honest truth - just “worsts” and more “worsts”. The guy with the tarantula was really quite nice, one of the better ones. But on the whole, I found online dating horrific, partly because everything felt fake and I had no idea what I wanted or needed.

I would have liked more information on being a nurse - mentioned numerous times - but only in the second half did the author delve a bit deeper into one of her professions, especially during Covid. This was fascinating. Literary, gritty, joyful and very, very funny, reading Quilt on Fire is like hanging out with a best friend, one who knows you so well that she can see inside your soul... Virgina Woolf-sharp Stacey Duguid, Sunday Telegraph As a mother of teenagers , how important is it that they understand what you’re going through with the peri menopause? For some women, the menopause is no more than passing turbulence on a long-distance flight. For others it is a major challenge. What is most positive about this transition? I loved it... Hilarious and necessary. Should be required reading for anyone over forty! Francesca Segal

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Christie Watson is fierce, funny and endearingly frank in her fantastic new memoir Jacqueline Wilson Am I a terrible mother? Is the world ending? Did I turn the oven off? Did I pay the parking fine? Is my TV licence up to date? Will I go to prison? Who will take care of the children? An honest conversation about Christie Watson's journey through midlife and how to navigate new challenges of a changing body.

An] insightful and outspoken exploration of middle age and the perimenopause Kate Kellaway, Observer My guest today is Trixi Symonds, an author and softie designer who has been teaching sewing to children for over 30 years. She is the founder of Sew Your Own Softie on Etsy Australia, and the Global Kids Sewing Party every year in March to inspire adults around the world to sew with kids in their lives. This novel follows the 40 something author as she navigates her mid life and the start of perimenopause. The novel highlights how she was unaware of the many changes that happen to women during this age and how it impacted many areas of her life. She also discusses her thoughts on love and relationships both when she was younger and also when she hit midlife.spots full! We have room for 100 students. Join us Dec. 6th at 5pm PST for a Complimentary Mystery Holiday Workshop on MadeTV! It's a fun little project! Get ready for a festive adventure with the Quilter on Fire (a.k.a Brandy Maslowski) in this live holiday workshop! Join Brandy for a super fun mini mystery workshop where you’ll create a handy little gift that you can replicate for everyone on your Christmas list. Go to this link and scroll down to Dec. 6th. You'll find her! https://madetvnetwork.com/event-calendar/ I heard Watson speak at the Cambridge Literary Festival and I have a dreadful weakness for buying author’s books at literary events. I think that some women (probably ones who are 40-47) will find this book useful - just as a good, open talk with a friend is useful - but I’m past the stage where I felt like it had anything to offer me. I personally didn’t find it funny, although I’m sure that other women will do. It was far too anecdotal and not nearly factual enough although she does make an attempt to intersperse her MANY personal anecdotes with some psychological and occasionally medical information about this volatile period in a women’s life. I’d always assumed menopause was about hot flashes and rage but, for me, these were not the most extreme symptoms. I had the terrifying feeling I’d lost my mind completely. I didn’t know what was happening, I felt I was having a catastrophic breakdown. Not only could I not remember details, I couldn’t remember who I was. It felt like I’d left my body and skin and gone somewhere else. I absolutely did not believe for a second that this could be anything to do with hormones. But as soon as I started HRT, I felt so much better. It worked within 24 hours – I was amazed.

Really important but it’s still quite a difficult conversation to have; it’s something new, not something they’re taught in schools but it affects children because it affects their mums and grandmas. I adore Christie Watson. Quilt on Fire is full of her trademark candour, compassion and humour Elizabeth Day Considering that Christie Watson is a nurse and an academic this is a surprisingly non-medical ‘guidebook’ to the ‘messy’ perimenopause build-up to menopause. If you are having a particularly bad time emotionally, and struggling with a sense of self (and self-worth) you may find this to be an empathetic and comforting read. I did not connect with it on many points and mostly found it a tiresome slog to read. A laugh-out-loud, haunting and beautifully crafted manual' Dreda Say Mitchell, author of Say Her Name Christie Watson is deliciously funny and candid about life as a perimenopausal woman in all its (sweaty) glory. A book to gift sisters, mothers and friends i, *Christmas Gift Guide 2022*

You don't have to be in midlife to appreciate this funny, real, empathetic memoir about the multitudes contained in every woman... You'll feel as if you've found a kindred spirit Red The more interesting parts of the book: nursing, death and facts about the menopause are scattered through the chapters, but they are almost lost in the oversharing of the author’s life (way too much detail about her sex life and the drunken escapades of her friends). Along with frequent and unnecessarily use of the ‘f’ word, there is an irreverency about her writing which made me feel really sad. Such as, “It was all going so well until he took his top off. He had Jesus Loves Me tattooed on his chest”, and, “Bible Ben, as the mean kids called him”, but the author carries on calling him that throughout the book, even though she doesn’t consider herself one of the mean kids; as if we the reader won’t remember his name without its prefix. Rather than a celebration of womanhood, this book was for me a huge disappointment, and not the uplifting encouragement I’d hoped for. Monica Michelle has a passion for helping women share their brands with a wider audience. She is the CEO and co founder of Bloom TV, her first streaming TV network with floral focused content, and has now co founded with Joe, Made TV, that is specifically designed for artists and makers of all kinds. A superb chronicle of midlife and the chaos of the perimenopause. Candid, humorous, insightful, deeply empathetic, inspiring and utterly necessary i Paper