The sequel to the lockdown-hit ‘The Year we Muddled Through’, which was published just days before first-time-mum Lauren Fennemore gave birth to her miracle-baby daughter (and sold over 20,000 copies) is HERE!
While the original book provided soft illustrations and soothing rhyme to help us see the magic within the mundane, this new joyful anthem of hope shows the beauty in experiences we previously took for granted.
Everyday outings such as swimming lessons and birthday parties have a whole new level of wonder for these young children who have grown up in lockdown and may be experiencing them for the very first time.
Of course, the magic isn’t lost on us adults too, who have been waiting for a long time, for something as simple as a hug.
Lauren worked in communications and as a freelance writer for several years. With a passion for storytelling in rhyme and a desire to capture emotive themes, it was the whirlwind of 2020 that inspired her to write.
Somewhere amongst the chaos of 2020 I found myself without work and heavily pregnant after a long and gruelling journey with IVF. I wanted to write something that captured the emotions of a year so strange but also special for many families... because beautiful, magical things did still manage to find a place in 2020. I hope my book serves as a way of remembering that.
