I hope you've all been enjoying the lovely weather we've had. It's been a manic few weeks for me with lots of lovely things happening! Last Tuesday I officially opened The Rosie Goodwin Children's Assessment unit at the George Eliot Hospital and it was a very emotional day. (Picture below) I couldn't believe how many people voted for the unit to be named after me and it was such a great honour to see my name up alongside our town's famous Victorian novelist. The art work, done by Alisha Miller, our local artsist assisted by the students from the art academy is beautiful, so thanks to all of them for the hard work involved.
My book tour is over (for now!) so I've been able to get back to work and am now almost half way through the next book. The paperback of HOME FRONT GIRL'S will be out in another couple of weeks and I do hope that all of you who haven't read it yet will enjoy it. This week I also got a peek at the cover for the next book, A MOTHER'S SHAME, due out in November and it really is lovely. It just needs a few final little tweaks and then I shall be sharing it with you all.
I'm delighted to report that my new granddaughter, Layla Rose, is growing like a weed and is now a gorgeous chunky little madam who gives me big gummy grins as soon as she sets eyes on me, not that I spoil her of course! (well... not much!)
We also celebrated my lovely Nikki's 21st birthday in June. My goodness! That makes me feel old. And the cake that her mum made her was amazing, so much so that I didn't want her to cut it.
We had a great week in Norfolk in July and tomorrow I'm off to Thomas Land at Drayton Manor Theme Park with my daughter, Donna and my grandchildren Charlotte and Jack, so I'm very much looking forward to that.
I hope you've all entered the competition on my website for the chance to win a brand new Kindle Paperwhite with HOME FRONT GIRL'S already downloaded onto it? What a great prize - I wouldn't mind winning it myself and C & R have some wonderful competition prizes lined up so do keep your eye open on the competition page for them.
And now I think I'v got you all up to speed with my latest gossip so there's no excuse for not getting back to work. Please do keep your messages coming, I so love hearing about what you've all been up to and good luck to all of you who entered the competition. Enjoy what's left of the summer and I'll be in touch again soon,
Lots of love
Rosie xxxxxxxxxx
