The Mother And Daughter Diaries

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Clare Shaw. The Mother And Daughter Diaries

The Mother and Daughter Diaries

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Table of Contents

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ELEVEN

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THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

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TWENTY-ONE

TWENTY-TWO

TWENTY-THREE

TWENTY-FOUR

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INSPIRATION

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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Q&A ON WRITING

A WRITER’S LIFE

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A DAY IN THE LIFE

CLARE SHAW’S FUTURE PROJECTS

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CLARE SHAW trained and worked as a speech and language therapist before discovering that she preferred writing to talking. So she became a freelance writer, contributing to parents’ magazines and writing five books offering advice to parents, including Prepare Your Child for School and Help Your Child Be Confident. Clare then produced two daughters so that she could put her own advice into practice. This proved impossible, so she returned to speech therapy and started to talk to people again. But the call of the word processor was loud, and The Mother and Daughter Diaries is the result.

Behind every woman writer is a man bringing her cups of tea, and John boils her kettle at their home in Essex, with help from their two daughters, Emma and Jessica.

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When did I first feel I’d let my parents down?

I remember when I was six years old. It was our school sports day. I was entered in the sack race and the obstacle race. Lucy Button was better than me. On the day, I stayed at home. I told my mother I hated school. I never wanted to go again. Mum and Dad argued. Dad had taken the day off work. Mum liked to talk to the other mums. I was off reading schemes. I could read what I wanted and Mum liked to tell everyone.

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