As a journalist, Angela Mollard never left home without her passport, contact lenses and a spare pair of knickers in case she had to drop everything and fly overseas for a story.
But then she had a baby, which was about as compatible with her job as a ham and jam sandwich. Then one child became two, and work was seeping into every corner of her life, turning her into the sort of person she loathed. What she wanted was quite simple – time to enjoy her children, sufficient cash to keep everyone in food, nappies and wife, and the energy to be a half-decent wife.
So why was it all so hard?
From popular columnist and commentator Angela Mollard comes the story of how she learned to aim wide, not high, and enjoy her children again. Part memoir, part manual, The Smallest Things is for all parents trying to reconcile their various roles and create a childhood for their kids which incorporates both Minecraft and The Famous Five.
A funny, charming and movingly candid story of putting family first, and why the smallest things in life matter the most.