Travels of a Wimpy Mum: Finding Courage through the Book of James
ISBN: 9780645141030
Publication Date: March 2024
Author: Vanessa Foran
While Jane juggles the mental load required to wrangle her family away on a trip around rural Australia, she dreams of fourteen weeks where everyday is Saturday. To her frustration, the road proves no escape from the grind. Seeking courage, Jane is drawn to the Book of James in her quiet times.
Raw, luminous and at times hilarious, Travels of a Wimpy Mum is essential reading for anyone muddling out their faith in the relentlessness of family life.
Vanessa Writes very engagingly, and it is a great strength that means many, many readers with families will greatly identify with her.
Adrian Plass, Bestselling author of The Sacred Diary series.
The best thing about this book is the bumbling honesty of the main character. Vanessa's "Jane" grapples with the Book of James as much as she grapples with marriage and parenting - there are hilarious wrong turns and heart-warming moments of redemption. The next best thing about the book is that it is a vicarious road trip around Australia. If you've ever wanted to pull the kids out of school and caravan around this country , read this first.
Miriam Wei Wei Lo, creative writing lecturer at Sheridan Institute of Higher Education, author of Against Certain Capture.
This is so much more than simply a story about a family trip around Australia. It's about family and faith, marriage and mental health, adventure and honesty. Most of all, it's about failure, success, and learning to find yourself in the love of God.
Cecily Paterson, author of Love Tears and Autism.