Former youth worker turned crime writer, Rae Cairns, joined me to talk about her Ned Kelly award nominated debut novel, ‘The Good Mother’.

Topics discussed include:

The origins of the novel, including Rae’s time spent as a youth worker in Northern Ireland - learning about ‘The Troubles’.

A mother’s protecton of her children - how a mother can prevail over terror and threats, even revisiting sites of trauma or placing oneself in mortal peril in order to protect her child[ren].

Believing in a cause - how this greater unifier can benefit/detrimentially impact the individual specifically and humanity overall.

A mother’s intuition - how it can lead a mother and/or lead a mother astray.

How an eye for an eye leaves the world blind. What it is to ‘move on’/‘move forward’ in life.

And so much more!

Big thanks to Rae for appearing on the show. Get your copy of ‘The Good Mother’ now!