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'For Kelly, meeting the right guy was pretty straightforward becoming a ‘spare mum’ to his two sons was more daunting.
'It had taken long enough to get on with her own stepmum, and now she suddenly found herself sharing responsibility for two mini-humans.
'Her party days gave way to early starts, jokes about farts, games of hide-and seek, and delicate negotiations with her partner’s ex and a cast of many.
'When Kelly got pregnant, stitching together the patchwork quilt of their new tribe got even trickier.
'In this brilliantly funny, deeply insightful and moving memoir, Kelly tells of how her whole world changed when she became a stepdaughter, how it changed again when she became a stepmum, and how blended families rock her world.' (Publication summary)
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Writer and Step-Mother Kelly Chandler
2017
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 1-7 April 2017; 'We’re sitting on high stools at Kelly’s kitchen bench. She’s got one leg tucked beneath her, yogi style, the other dangling far from the floor. She’s tiny. The kitchen is white and beautiful. There are toys tucked away in open shelves and in the background we listen to the rumblings of the washing machine. Kelly’s an old friend, but we haven’t seen each other for a while, in the way that sometimes happens when people have young children.' (Introduction)
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Writer and Step-Mother Kelly Chandler
2017
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 1-7 April 2017; 'We’re sitting on high stools at Kelly’s kitchen bench. She’s got one leg tucked beneath her, yogi style, the other dangling far from the floor. She’s tiny. The kitchen is white and beautiful. There are toys tucked away in open shelves and in the background we listen to the rumblings of the washing machine. Kelly’s an old friend, but we haven’t seen each other for a while, in the way that sometimes happens when people have young children.' (Introduction)
