Ruth Leigh is a freelance writer and novelist, and is married with three children, one husband and assorted livestock.
She blogs at www.ruthleighwrites.co.uk, Authors Electric and More Than Writers.
Ruth is a recovering over-achiever who does the school run in her onesie most days.
Now in her third year of living the rural dream, starry Instamum Issy Smugge is up against it. A single parent of four with an award-winning brand, a gin-swigging mother convalescing upstairs and a distraught relative craving a shoulder to cry on...
Life in the country isn’t going as Issy Smugge planned it. However, the woman Gorgeous Home magazine once called ‘Britain’s Most Relatable Mum Designer’ is nothing if not resilient...
Meet Isabella Smugge – as in ‘Br-uge-s’, naturally! Instagram influencer, consummate show-off and endearingly self-unaware. With a palatial home, charming husband and three well-mannered children, she is living the Country Life dream...
'Great mix of thought-provoking insight into human nature and the funny realities ... Overall, a great reed. The sequels also do not disappoint!'
'I have just read this book for a second time. The first time I read it in one day ... Both times I’ve read it...
'Ruth Leigh’s writing is so Jane Austen-ish, yet unique! Reconnecting with Issy Smugge was like catching up with a friend ... ake your time...
'I wasn't sure what to expect, but from the first page I was catch up in the life of Isabella M Smugge and her...
