"A delightful big-hearted book full of wit and wisdom that had me bursting into laughter every other page. Read this book no matter what stage of life you're at--it will brighten your day, and you'll see motherhood in a whole new light." --Amy Chua, Yale Law professor and author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations "Years ago, I learned that whenever Susan Lundy's child-stuffed VW van braked to a halt in a swim-meet parking lot, joy would tumble out. This book, in which she charts everyday family life with a deft, self-deprecating wit, is about that joy." --Jack Knox, award-winning journalist and bestselling author of the Leacock Medal-nominated Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing "Susan Lundy (no relation) has written a delightful and charming collection of stories about life on a small and, yes, strange, island (which I call home as well). Her warm, loving, and humorous accounts cumulatively unveil the extraordinary universal truths in the plain particulars of all our lives." --Derek Lundy, bestselling author of Borderlands: Riding the Edge of America and The Bloody Red Hand: A Journey Through Truth, Myth, and Terror in Northern Ireland "Susan Lundy takes us along with her on a rollercoaster ride through her life as a Salt Spring Islander, a wife, a mother, a journalist, and a keen observer on the foibles and challenges of living a contemporary west coast life. She writes with humour, honesty, and humanity.

And hope. Her book is something we all need right now." --Ian Haysom, bestselling author of Grandfathered: Dispatches from the Trenches of Modern Grandparenthood.