SYNOPSIS

IF YOU’VE come to a certain point in your life where you realise something is missing, then this dazzling, life-affirming book is for you.

Lucy was a celebrated columnist and frequent broadcaster, when at 57 – and to all appearances happy and successful – she decided she wanted something else.

With four grown-up children she gave up her job, her marriage, and a six-figure salary to retrain as a maths teacher in a tough inner-city comprehensive. And, on the way, she co-founded the educational charity Now Teach for those wishing to change career.

Many did. This wonderful, at times funny book, is a celebration of the power of education, as well as the ability of any of us to transform our lives and start out again.

It also proves that if you are well-off, well-educated, well-connected and middle class you can do more or less anything you set your mind to.