Quilt on Fire: The Messy Magic of Midlife

A frank, funny and inspiring new memoir from Christie Watson about the search for meaning in midlife

‘A wildly entertaining and necessary book’ ELIZABETH DAY

‘A must-read for every woman’ JACQUELINE WILSON

‘A laugh-out-loud, haunting and beautifully crafted manual’ DREDA SAY MITCHELL

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In her early twenties, Christie Watson was convinced she’d found her soulmate, in a glowing flash of light that turned out to be a tealight setting her quilt on fire. Twenty years later, her bed is burning once again… as she wakes in a perimenopausal sweat, night after night.

This is the story of her journey through midlife- of the joy of letting go and the pain of the morning after, of the unstoppable power of female friendship and the struggle to raise teenagers as a single parent. It lays bare the exhilaration, agony, wonder and fears of being a middle-aged woman with a wild heart, a changing body and a new set of challenges. And as her world takes on a different shape, there’s something else she starts to feel- the hot flush of possibility…

‘Wickedly funny, deliciously candid and deeply moving’ RACHEL CLARKE, author of Dear Life

‘Give Quilt on Fire to your daughter, mother, sister, friends. A howlingly good midlife battle cry’ JESS KIDD, author of Things in Jars

‘Brilliant… Like having an honest conversation with a smart and funny friend’ CATHY RENTZENBRINK, author of Dear Reader