Life is full of unexpected challenges but Beth has always avoided anything resembling responsibility. That is until the unthinkable happens. Emmy, Beth's sister and her husband Doug have been in a tragic car accident and it's time for Beth to step up. Overnight Beth becomes guardian for her teenage niece and toddler nephew and her own mother is hellbent on reminding her of her own shortcomings. Is this a step too far for notoriously flighty Beth? After all, up until now the only commitment she's ever held down is Friday drinks at the village pub. Stepping Up is a story about Beth, now Beth hasn't really got her act together. She's a 30 year old singleton, still living with her parents. Flitting from one job to the next. Nobody really has high expectations of her. But one day something happens and she has to step up to the challenge and become an adult. Stop EVERYTHING and read this! Funny, tender and beautifully observed. Loved, loved, LOVED it!' Cathy Bramley Sort of a life's work for Rainey, discussing the roles and transitions and struggles of manhood from childhood through adolescence, adulthood, mentorship, and the patriarch. Faith is taking the first step even though you don't see the whole staircase." Martin Luther King, Jr

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Somehow, in her debut novel Sarah Turner manages to do both with a deftness of touch that makes for a memorable and lovely read.

The royalties from this book are being donated to Yuwa, an NGO which works to give girls in rural India a better future through football and education.

With a little help from her best friend Jory and her lovely next-door neighbour, Albert, Beth is determined that this time she's not giving up. This book walks through the following stages of a man’s life: boyhood, adolescence, manhood, mentor, and patriarch. Rainey’s writing style is so clear and his message is so compelling, I simply could not put this book down. I will, no doubt, return to it again and again. It is filled with inspirational stories and anecdotes that supports Rainey’s central theme. Each chapter is, in equal measure, inspiring, convicting challenging, and encouraging. The characters around her are also so interesting!! I LOVED Albert (so wholesome and pure omg the way he always uses CAPS FOR HIS TEXTS and he calls emojis THE LITTLE PICTURES 🥺🥺) Imagine having a carefree life, coming and going as you please, quitting things you didn’t enjoy. Then suddenly following a tragedy you take over caring for a teenager and a toddler.

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Al jaren roep ik dat schrijfster Dani Atkins (naast Colleen Hoover) mijn favoriete auteur is en dat niemand qua niveau ook maar in haar beurt kan komen, maar toen ik dat zei had ik duidelijk 'Vallen en opstaan' van Sarah Turner nog niet gelezen. Wat een pareltje is dit! Turner has a firmly established fanbase from her blog The Unmumsy Mum, which documents the highs and lows of motherhood in an approachable way.

You know people who accept responsibility — aren't they great to be around?" vii, from the forward. Beth is now guardian to her teenage niece and toddler nephew, catapulted into an unfamiliar world of bedtime stories, parents' evenings and cuddly elephants. Having never been responsible for anyone - or anything - it's not long before she feels seriously out of her depth. Stop EVERYTHING and read this! Funny, tender and beautifully observed. Loved, loved, LOVED it!? Cathy Bramley This is emotive and thought-provoking and one of the best things I've read for ages. If you're a parent it'll also make you think about your will if it's been a while since you sorted it. I would have liked to have known what happens to Emmy, and how their lives continued. I want to know more of Albert and Mavis when they were younger (I loved him!).

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It had me laughing out loud, on a bus no less, crying and laughing. This book is a tonic! I read it in one go. I was rooting for Beth the whole way through!!' Once you step up, somehow that act of taking initiative drives you to find the resources you need inside and outside yourself." pg 119 Written with such love and heart. Sarah has done an exceptional job of marrying her trademark comedy with deep and raw emotion. I loved it!' GIOVANNA FLETCHER Every child needs teaching training, modeling in the areas of character, relationships, identity, missionBeth had me laughing and crying. I was incredibly invested in her journey and was left a blubbering mess at the end (and many times throughout).