‘It’s really important you express your feelings. You are not betraying her. It wasn’t your job to look after your Mum’

At #COAWeek2019 we hear of people’s shame of ‘betraying’ the family. But as @janeelson says, it's vital for COAs to find a trusted place to speak. @wfhowes pic.twitter.com/HZdyaTzONC

— Nacoa 🔆 (@NacoaUK) February 12, 2019

“Jane Elson recently published her astonishingly insightful children’s novel about a young girl growing up with a parent who drinks too much, Will You Catch Me? A beautiful book already receiving glittering reviews and winning literary awards.

Will You Catch Me? is a colourful, funny and cathartic story about an imaginative young girl, Nell, a budding naturalist with a passion for history. With a support network of the family next door, a mini-menagerie of rescue pets, and the ghost of the COA 19th century actress, Nell Gwyn, she sets out on a personal journey to find her father.”

Read more from COAWeek (UK, February 2019)