In My Mother's Shoes Author:Alison Walsh 'Honest, funny, heartfelt ...I loved it' - Cathy Kelly. Clear-eyed, touching, forthright and funny, "In My Mother's Shoes" is Alison Walsh's delightful account of three generations of mothers - her Nana, leading light of the Irish Countrywomen's Association, indomitable in all things except deferring to her husband; her mother, whose glamorous c... more »areer as a 1960s air hostess was cut cruelly short by the simple act of getting married; and, Alison herself, a modern woman whose life would not be thwarted by such lack of choice. Or would it? 'Cheerful, intelligent, funny and shockingly sensible ...Buy it. Read it. Pass it on' - Judith O'Reilly, author of "Wife in the North". 'Honest and immensely readable ...many mothers will find themselves nodding along in recognition. I will be passing it on and - more tellingly - looking for it back' - "Sunday Business Post". 'Yay for Alison Walsh! ...An adroit, and honest, account of having babies (in the UK and Ireland), of bringing up babies (ditto), of being a Celtic Tiger mum, working all the hours God sends, to being a-stay-at-home mum, plus all the messy compromises in between' - "Sunday Independent".« less