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Two central decisions  - firstly to become a mother and secondly to step back to look after her elderly mother - shape the author's life. She stands fast behind the choices she has made with both moral courage and integrity, often in the face of opposition from the patriarchy in its many guises. Heart warming, uplifting and funny these books share an unconventional journey, unique life choices and the celebration of the freedom to tread a different path. Dealing head on with the dilemmas and sorrows of women's lives Yarns celebrates determination and survival. And the importance of hope. The author argues that success in life is about doing our best for those we love, living in accordance with our principles and valuing what truly matters - families in all their diversity.

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Carol Fox is a retired lawyer and an award-winning solicitor as she championed equal pay cases for low paid women. She was also a political candidate on three occasions but was considered too controversial by half, following her decision to become a single mother by choice via fertility treatment in the late 1980s. In 2015, Carol stepped back from her life as a successful lawyer and all political activity to look after her mother who was dying of dementia. Now a grandmother herself, Carol is forging ahead to find a new path and to fulfil new dreams.

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