Fran Littlewood's 'Amazing Grace Adams' explores motherhood with wit, warmth and wisdom.
The story of Amazing Grace Adams begins on a sweltering summer’s day, when Grace, who is perimenopausal, on the brink of divorce and raising a wilful teenage daughter, suddenly snaps. When she abandons her car in a gridlocked traffic jam, you think she’s walking away from her life. But as this clever debut unfolds, you realise she’s actually walking right towards it.
‘There’s a bit of Grace in all of us,’ author Fran Littlewood tells Grazia. ‘Women quietly pick up all the slack that nobody else seems to see or care about. Everything is loaded on to us, from the domestic and mental load of the house to childcare, ageing parents and headstrong kids. Despite this, we’re held to a much higher standard than men, and are expected to have a great career and look about 25 while we’re at it. And the guilt is unrelenting.
The book takes a broader look at how society fails to support the women who are holding it up, then punishes them when they fall apart. The humour – of which there’s plenty – offsets the sad unravelling of Grace’s life, which we begin to discover has been punctured by numerous heartaches, both big and small.
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