The Persuasive Assault
Why I have published a book about my Mum
A persuasive assault my mother called this. “I have already written a book darling, who would want to read another?” In the long decade that has come between her first book and this her stories might not have changed but the growing interest and appreciation around my mother certainly has, and time and experience have afforded her the gift of even greater objectivity. And so, I gently insisted there must be another book, delivered in her warm and witty way, and framed around the themes of loyalty and duty, the twin virtues that have kept her grounded as she has lived her life surrounded by dazzling people, places, houses, and history…
