Surf Mama by Wilma Johnson

Surf Mama by Wilma Johnson

Wilma Johnson was living on the west coast of Ireland with her family, balancing the challenges of being an artist, wife and mother, until, in her forties, she was gripped by a deep desire to seize the day, and moved to Biarritz to become a surfer. The plan hits troubled waters as she arrives in France with her marriage on the rocks and three children who speak no French. Her first attempts at surfing are disastrous; resulting in bruises, broken bones and a damaged ego, but when she experiences the euphoric feeling of catching her first wave and sets up the Mamas Surf Club, it's all worth it.

'a wonderfully funny tale'

* Connexion Newspaper *

'a wonderfully funny tale'

* Connexion Newspaper *

'this inspirational personal tale shows that it’s never too late to change direction'

* French Property News, August 2014 issue *

'we’re captivated by Surf Mama'

'It’s the perfect inspirational read'

'Johnson is one of us. You are rooting for her from the start and we defy anyone to read this book and not want to grab a surf board (or a body board, at least) and hit the waves. Let’s go surfin’!'

* Psychologies Magazine, September 2014 issue *

'This story of one woman’s foray into the macho world of surfing shows how self-reinvention is possible at any age.'

* France Magazine, August 2014 issue *

'a light-hearted read for women looking for inspiration to change their path.'

* Woman’s Own, July 2014 issue *

'There’s a voracious love of life at the heart of this book and a hedonistic determination to have it all – beer, wine and waves.'

* Daily Mail, 6 June 2014 *

Wilma Johnson is an artist and writer born in London in 1960. She has a degree in Fine Art from St Martin's College of Art. During the 1980s she found inspiration for her paintings while hitch-hiking round Iceland and Lapland, Italy and the Scottish Highlands. In 1987 she spent a year travelling round Mexico and Guatemala, following the fiesta and painting in rundown hotel rooms.

In 1991 she moved to a fishing village on the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, where she lived for ten years, before moving to Biarritz in 2001 to become a surfer. She has three children and way too many animals.

www.surfmama.me

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ISBN 13	9781849535915
ISBN 10	1849535914
Title	Surf Mama
Author	Wilma Johnson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Octopus Publishing Group
Year published	2014-06-02
Number of pages	320
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