Blown Like A Leaf

Blown Like A LeafThe new book from the formerly least verbal Zealot, Issy Jackson Sharkey, the autobiography of her quietly extraordinary life. Through the untimely deaths of two husbands, from a childless life of teaching to being a creatively rich step mother of 6, it's a story worth telling and definitely a story worth reading. "What if I had been adopted by a different couple? What if I'd become closer friends with a certain boy in my year group at school? What if

The new book from the formerly least verbal Zealot, Issy Jackson Sharkey, the autobiography of her quietly extraordinary life. Through the untimely deaths of two husbands, from a childless life of teaching to being a creatively rich step mother of 6, it's a story worth telling and definitely a story worth reading.

"What if I had been adopted by a different couple? What if I'd become closer friends with a certain boy in my year group at school? What if I'd gone to a different university? What if I'd had children? What if John hadn't died? What if Dougie hadn't died? What if I hadn't looked at a local group on Facebook one evening in January 2012? What if I'd got round to buying that pet unicorn? What if I'd decided that giving up a teaching career was too rash? What if my house hadn't sold so easily? The list of "what ifs" could go on.

"An autobiography of a confirmed child-free RE teacher turned artist-seamstress and step mother of 6. "