In an age where our kids are helicopter parented and bubble wrapped, this mother of four isn't looking forward to her four talented, artistic children leaving the family home. Bubble after protective bubble bursts as her troupe queues up and flies off to distant places. Candace Allan attempts to iparent from afar through sometimes turbulent, sometimes funny, and always curious new times. Text Me, Love Mom: Two Girls, Two Boys, One Empty Nest is a heartfelt ode to learning how to let go when all you want is to hang on tight. "Witty and candid, wise with an optimistic lean - Candace Allan's memoir is back-up for anyone whose fledglings are finding inventive ways to leave the nest. A pleasure to read." – Fred Stenson, humorist for Alberta Views Magazine and author of Who By Fire

Candace Allan holds a creative writing degree from the University of Victoria and has studied at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Using her own life as fodder, Candace has contributed humorous parenting anecdotes to Canadian Living and CBC radio, and has won the Alberta Views Magazine fiction prize twice. When her four adventurous children started to leave home, she self-medicated by writing Text Me, Love Mom.

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