Kate Garraway

Name: The Power of Hope
ISBN: 9780552178372

Journalist

1967-05-04

Books by Kate Garraway

The Strength of Love

Embracing an Uncertain Future with Resilience and Optimism
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The Joy of Big Knickers

(Or Learning to Love the Rest of Your Life)
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The Power of Hope

The Moving No. 1 Bestselling Memoir from TV's Kate Garraway
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Much is written about parenting - its joys and tribulations - and then about the transition into hot flushes, night sweats and (if we're lucky) a new life as a grandmother.
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I'm not sure I'm very confident at all. There was a lot of my life when I thought I was fundamentally unlovable.
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How many of those forty-something celebrities, staring out from the covers of magazines with their beautiful babies, have conceived naturally, or without assistance? Not as many as you might think I would wager - yet for so many women they act as fertility beacons, a symbol of hope in a landscape of diminishing fertility.
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Once, when I was about eight, my mum handed me a sandwich, and I remarked: 'What are those weird things on your hands?' I was referring to the visible pores, which were such a contrast to my own alabaster-smooth skin. My mum looked mortified, while my grandma laughed and said: 'They're nothing - look at mine!'
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I can cope with politicians now I've had about 40,000 cockroaches tipped over my head. Westminster's going to be no problem.
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I think that political coverage generally comes in on a level that means if you live and breathe Westminster detail and diary, then you get it.
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I look at my gorgeous girl and boy, with their incredible zest for life, and I count my undoubted blessings. But there's no question about it: I wish I'd started my family sooner. Much much sooner.
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