In this dazzling memoir, Levy confronts the essential questions of modern womanhood with humour, pragmatism and profoundly wisdom. Reflecting on the period when she wrote the Man Booker-shortlisted Hot Milk- when her mother was dying, her daughters leaving home, her marriage was coming to an end -she is characteristically eloquent on the social expectations and surreal realities of daily life. The second installment in her 'living autobiography' on writing and womanhood.