Mother's Day

Finally it’s over! It’s safe to come out again. Last Sunday it was Mother’s Day in America and you could not go anywhere, watch TV or read a newspaper without being bombarded with Mother’s Day nonsense. No wonder there were no reviews of my latest book Recollections of a Racketeer – there was no space left in the paper because of Mother’s Day. Why all the fuss about Mother’s Day anyway? All it is, is the delayed consequence of a bonk. What’s to celebrate?

I think Mother’s Day should be replaced by Author’s Day in which we celebrate something truly worthwhile and underappreciated. On Author’s Day we would all visit our local bookshop and buy each other copies of recently published memoirs by rising young authors. That would be something to truly celebrate!