This is such a fabulous book. I actually requested her first book from the library, but this is what turned up. I love it so much I am buying it for myself, and a copy for a friend.

This book is great for so many reasons. Two of them stand out the most for me. Firstly, Napthali comes across as a normal mother - rather than some saintly buddhist icon, she is just a normal Mum of two normal boys, with a normal husband who doesn't quite get this whole buddhist thing. Napthali admits to not always coping, not always knowing what to do with her boys -- in other words, admits to being normal. The other point I really liked about this book is that it truly is a book for mothers - it looks at the whole experience of being, what it is to be a mother with a child rather than just how to cope with the child.

For any mother who feels they are drowning rather than waving when it comes to raising a child/ren, I recommend this book. ( )