Strange Days Indeed

These voices are telling true stories which have not been heard before.This is a unique collection of autobiographical writings about motherhood penned by women from Wales. Funny, shocking and tender, it covers the whole spectrum of what it means to be a mother - from getting pregnant to the empty-nest syndrome.A young woman gets pregnant whilst technically still a virgin; a woman giving birth in a Belgian hospital finds her "O-level French" is useless when questioned about her bowel movements, and a mother faces the reality of her son becoming a heroin addict - these are the untold stories of motherhood.Both successful novelists with 7 children between them, Lindsay Ashford and Rebecca Tope are editors of this exciting new collection.