Thursday, 22 July 2010 21:00
The Woodcutter's Wife
Author Dolla Merrillees discusses her confronting, bracingly honest and funny debut book - The Woodcutter's Wife: A Stepmother's Tale.
Dolla Merrillees met her prince charming, but had to deal with more than a too-tight shoe blocking the path to true love. Merrillees' book may not be a fairy tale — she recounts her struggle to bond with her partner's four-year-old son, cope with the boy's off stage mother and adjust to the emotional tug-of-war that occurred when her own child was born — but it will help any family of the noughties feel a little less dysfunctional. And does Dolla get her happy ending? We guess you'll just have to read it to find out!
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