Testimonials
"Just finished "How mom got a life" and
enjoyed it from start to finish - couldn't put it down! Truly
inspiring!
Thanks for everything!" MR
"I loved this
book and gained immeasurably from reading it. I especially
enjoyed the racetrack scenes." DM
"I read it
through in one night with many a chuckle along the way.
Loved every word!" JF
"I already finished it! LOVED it! When is Sheelagh's next
book due out?" :) LE
"Funny and inspirational. The characters live off the page!"
AC
"After being
away from here for more than a week, I found Sheelagh's book
in my letterbox, sat and read those incredibly fascinating
pages until after 1.00 am, and when I awoke this morning I
was full of energy for the important meeting I had to go
to. All went superbly well! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!"
IM
"Hi, I just wanted to let you know I thoroughly enjoyed
reading "How Mom Got a Life." The title grabbed me and I
felt I had to buy it even though my money was kind of tight
that day. The mother's life in the book paralleled mine so
much that it unnerved me. I also read Dandelion again every
few months for more encouragement and I will do the same for
your new book. Thank you is all I can come up
with. Sincerely," RJ
From the back cover:
Kate Martin is a sheltered housewife and mother of eighteen years standing who suddenly finds herself divorced. A lot of role-reversal goes on as her three kids watch their heretofore calm, collected mother turn into a quivering mass of insecurities as she faces her new role of single parent. In many ways, Kate has a lot more growing up to do than her kids.
Applying for jobs, Kate finds that technology has passed her by. Typewriters are out, computers are in and she doesn’t have a clue.
The kids are at their wit’s end. How can they get this mother of theirs to believe in herself? Kate asks herself the same question and, realizing she can’t change the world, sets about reinventing herself. The kids look on in dismay as she goes from vamp to Edwardian Miss to Yogi, all without success. Finally, Kate turns to books and discovers the power of the mind. Her modus operandi becomes, “You get what you think about!” a premise the kids laugh right out of the water until, in a move that dismays even herself, Kate proves her point.
Set in Florida in the present, How Mom
Got a Life is a fast moving, light-hearted Cinderella-type story with
a very upbeat ending in which the mother proves, in an astonishing
turnabout, that thought does indeed create reality!
