"There, I said it!"

I want to tell the everyday people in the world that ordinary life is interesting.


A read about life, friendship, love, family and hairdressing. It may make you laugh, cry, grin and say ‘oh God yes’, all at once. And as Clive James said, “I make no claims to be accurate, precise, or entirely truthful, only to entertain”.


The narrative opens with an account of the storytellers wry, almost cynical views on weddings and marriage and follows on with a similar tone towards other modern day typical suburban life occurrences, such as life as a singleton, babies, blind dates, housemates, travel, the technical world, binge drinking, mumnesia, hairdressers, a woman’s purse and couples at cars, for example. The characters within are based on genuine people and actual events (only the names have been changed) providing testimony around these everyday proceedings over a period of time. The tone of the anecdotes in each chapter is one of underlying humour and sometimes disbelief. It is intended to effectuate responses such as, “that is so true.”


The chapters have the same feel as a Sunday Mail newspaper column where publication follows a series, producing copy that can sometimes be slightly or even strongly opinionated. It is intended to be a little acrid with an edge of sincerity illustrating human nature in expected behaviour.