Generous notes from the heat of female experience. Read it with a sigh of relief and gratitude Diana Evans, author of ORDINARY PEOPLE

The first couple of chapters I found to be honest, grey, fearful and a little depressing. There was much discussion about how women change, how nobody talks it, and how nobody told the author about it. Or at least she wasn’t listening if they did. Funny, honest, liberating and wise - Christie Watson has written the equivalent of a laugh-until-you-cry conversation with a best friend Jess Kidd, author of THINGS IN JARS 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... Monica Michelle has a passion for helping women share their brands with a wider audience. She is the CEO and co founder of Bloom TV, her first streaming TV network with floral focused content, and has now co founded with Joe, Made TV, that is specifically designed for artists and makers of all kinds. A frank, funny and inspiring new memoir from the bestselling author of The Language of Kindness about the search for meaning in midlifeAn] insightful and outspoken exploration of middle age and the perimenopause Kate Kellaway, Observer Christie Watson is fierce, funny and endearingly frank in her fantastic new memoir Jacqueline Wilson spots full! We have room for 100 students. Join us Dec. 6th at 5pm PST for a Complimentary Mystery Holiday Workshop on MadeTV! It's a fun little project! Get ready for a festive adventure with the Quilter on Fire (a.k.a Brandy Maslowski) in this live holiday workshop! Join Brandy for a super fun mini mystery workshop where you’ll create a handy little gift that you can replicate for everyone on your Christmas list. Go to this link and scroll down to Dec. 6th. You'll find her! https://madetvnetwork.com/event-calendar/

An honest conversation about Christie Watson's journey through midlife and how to navigate new challenges of a changing body.Whilst the beginning isn’t particularly happy or uplifting, it is informative and insightful about the impact hormones and midlife can have on women. It sets the stage. As the story develops and the author opens up, with the help of her therapist, we see a much more content and accepting person.

A funny, frank and informative blend of personal writing, research and conversations with friends... [Watson's] descriptions of her failing body are vivid and unflinching... Passages are moving, humbling and written with beautiful detail Marianne Power, The Times You write movingly about working through the pandemic on an intensive care ward. What do you most remember about that time? What these two women have come together to create in Made TV is a streaming network to gather creators and lift them up to share their creations, crafts, and work with a wider audience.

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Christie Watson is deliciously funny and candid about life as a perimenopausal woman in all its (sweaty) glory. A book to gift sisters, mothers and friends i, *Christmas Gift Guide 2022* This novel follows the 40 something author as she navigates her mid life and the start of perimenopause. The novel highlights how she was unaware of the many changes that happen to women during this age and how it impacted many areas of her life. She also discusses her thoughts on love and relationships both when she was younger and also when she hit midlife. You don't have to be in midlife to appreciate this funny, real, empathetic memoir about the multitudes contained in every woman... You'll feel as if you've found a kindred spirit Red I would have liked more information on being a nurse - mentioned numerous times - but only in the second half did the author delve a bit deeper into one of her professions, especially during Covid. This was fascinating.

A laugh-out-loud, haunting and beautifully crafted manual' Dreda Say Mitchell, author of Say Her Name A rallying cry for all those confused by their forties, Watson captures midlife with typical fearlessness, humour and style. Her writer's eye never looks away from the truth but seeks only to illuminate it. Every woman should read this book Sarah Langford, author of IN YOUR DEFENCE This is a book about the trials and tribulations of being a woman in midlife, focusing particularly on the perimenopause phase. It is written from the personal experience of the author and is punctuated with numerous anecdotal stories.Unsettling and life-affirming, funny and sad, unflinchingly honest and incredibly moving, this is a bloody marvellous book, fired with the realisation that love is the only thing that matters, in the end John Sutherland, author of BLUE Really important but it’s still quite a difficult conversation to have; it’s something new, not something they’re taught in schools but it affects children because it affects their mums and grandmas. You had a rough ride in the pandemic when your daughter became critically ill with sepsis and nearly died. How did that parental fear affect you? Considering that Christie Watson is a nurse and an academic this is a surprisingly non-medical ‘guidebook’ to the ‘messy’ perimenopause build-up to menopause. If you are having a particularly bad time emotionally, and struggling with a sense of self (and self-worth) you may find this to be an empathetic and comforting read. I did not connect with it on many points and mostly found it a tiresome slog to read.