Leaf Arbuthnot: How rent-a-gran scheme sparked a debut novel
By rights, freelance journalist Leaf Arbuthnot should have been pretty busy of late with preparations to launch her first novel. But, like for so many of us, normal life ground to a halt as the coronavirus swept in.
Baking has been high on the list, as has playing with the"ridiculously fluffy" Norbert - a chick from the family's chooks.Nigella Lawson's gingerbread has brought some sweetness to a bitter time - increasingly debated in recent years - and the value in forming human bonds outside your comfort zone. But underneath they are two sides of one coin, having both become disconnected from a sense of self or place through the loss of a significant other.
"She finds she's living alone, not having had children because they couldn't, and she doesn't have the confidence or resources internally to be able to build a new life."
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