- Published: 16 June 2022
- ISBN: 9781473584402
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
Quilt on Fire
The Messy Magic of Midlife
- Published: 16 June 2022
- ISBN: 9781473584402
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 240
In this bold and beautiful memoir, the author of The Language of Kindness turns her gift for writing to the nub of things to the emotional chaos of midlife; the terror at the changes it wreaks, but also its strange power to deliver clarity. Having weathered this turbulence myself, I think it's the truest account of perimenopause I have yet read
Caroline Sanderson, Bookseller
I adore Christie Watson. Quilt on Fire is full of her trademark candour, compassion and humour
Elizabeth Day
Funny, honest, liberating and wise - Christie Watson has written the equivalent of a laugh-until-you-cry conversation with a best friend
Jess Kidd, author of THINGS IN JARS
Raw and real and laugh-out-loud funny. So timely... Quilt on Fire is like a supportive friend reaching out a hand, saying it will be okay
Karen Angelico, author of EVERYTHING WE ARE
Unsettling and life-affirming, funny and sad, unflinchingly honest and incredibly moving, this is a bloody marvellous book, fired with the realisation that love is the only thing that matters, in the end
John Sutherland, author of BLUE
Sensational and so necessary. I really needed this book and I definitely won't be the only one. Women everywhere will weep with gratitude
Tiffany Atkinson, author of LUMEN
A rallying cry for all those confused by their forties, Watson captures midlife with typical fearlessness, humour and style. Her writer's eye never looks away from the truth but seeks only to illuminate it. Every woman should read this book
Sarah Langford, author of IN YOUR DEFENCE
I love Quilt on Fire! I feel very seen. Christie Watson captures the chaos and uncertainty of midlife exactly... A hilarious romp at times, Quilt on Fire is also a moving and insightful exploration of a transformational inner journey... A joyful book that celebrates our journey back to who we are - women who dare to fly in colour
Kathryn Mannix, author of WITH THE END IN MIND
Generous notes from the heat of female experience. Read it with a sigh of relief and gratitude
Diana Evans, author of ORDINARY PEOPLE
How does Christie Watson do it? No-one depicts with greater wisdom and tenderness the unruly, bewildering, mercurial gorgeousness of the human body. I adored this book
Rachel Clarke, author of DEAR LIFE
I wish I'd had such a laugh-out-loud, haunting and beautifully crafted manual to help navigate my own menopause. The stories filled me with laughter and tears... Many many women will be eternally grateful
Dreda Say Mitchell
Christie Watson is fierce, funny and endearingly frank in her fantastic new memoir
Jacqueline Wilson
You don't have to be in midlife to appreciate this funny, real, empathetic memoir about the multitudes contained in every woman... You'll feel as if you've found a kindred spirit
Red
Literary, gritty, joyful and very, very funny, reading Quilt on Fire is like hanging out with a best friend, one who knows you so well that she can see inside your soul... Virgina Woolf-sharp
Stacey Duguid, Sunday Telegraph
[Quilt on Fire] stood out for its honesty and humour... A must-read for any woman in midlife
Good Housekeeping, 'This month's 10 books to read right now'
[An] insightful and outspoken exploration of middle age and the perimenopause
Kate Kellaway, Observer
Hilarious, heartfelt and deeply moving, Christie has written a manifesto for all those of us who need to rediscover a life worth loving. A must-read
Kate Bowler, author of EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON
A funny, frank and informative blend of personal writing, research and conversations with friends... [Watson's] descriptions of her failing body are vivid and unflinching... Passages are moving, humbling and written with beautiful detail
Marianne Power, The Times
Unflinchingly honest and utterly hilarious... An inspiring account of tackling those glorious middle years
Woman & Home, *Summer Reads of 2022*
A superb chronicle of midlife and the chaos of the perimenopause. Candid, humorous, insightful, deeply empathetic, inspiring and utterly necessary
i Paper
[A] sharp, hilarious, gritty perimenopause memoir - a book for any woman drowning in the uncharted seas of midlife
Daily Telegraph, *Summer Reads of 2022*
I loved it... Hilarious and necessary. Should be required reading for anyone over forty!
Francesca Segal
Christie Watson is deliciously funny and candid about life as a perimenopausal woman in all its (sweaty) glory. A book to gift sisters, mothers and friends
i, *Christmas Gift Guide 2022*