March 2020

From Zoë’s darkest days in Guy’s Hospital, she knew that she wanted to write a book to share her experiences and help others. She had always kept diaries and journals of her life with one, and then two, rare diseases, together with the exercises and notes she made about coming to terms with her anxiety. She wanted to illustrate this with some medical facts about these conditions, so that the book would be useful to medical professionals as well as those affected by the conditions and, be of interest and use to the general public too.

The beginning of the first Coronavirus Lockdown in March 2020, gave her the perfect opportunity to gather her notes together, continue to write what she had started, and make her dream a reality. It wasn’t always easy to face the trauma she had been through again, and she continued to have online counselling sessions which were invaluable.

By July, Zoë had finished her book. It took some time to edit it and find a publisher. She chose Grosvenor House Publishing who have been wonderful all the way through. She was very excited when the first proof arrived in her inbox. She also chose the cover photos, although she never saw the actual cover made up with the big bold word, RARE, across the top and her name proudly printed across the bottom.

Rare A Journey of Self-Acceptance will be published on Thursday, 20th May, and is available to order from Amazon, Hive, Waterstones and other major booksellers.