CHILDREN OF THE VOLCANO by Ros Belford to September Publishing

Rights to travel writer Ros Belford’s memoir have gone to September Publishing.

The story of a single mum with two young children, not much money and a big dream – a beautifully vivid and evocative memoir of a mother’s move to a Sicilian island to give her daughters a childhood to remember.

Reeling from a broken relationship, Ros Belford decided the best chance she had of healing and giving her children an interesting childhood was to move to the Mediterranean and live by the sea. They end up on a small island off the coast of Sicily.

With humanity, vitality, honesty, and optimism, Ros Belford shows us what it is like as an outsider to live and bring a family up in Sicily. Children of the Volcano is for anyone unwilling to give up dreams of adventure and excitement simply because of parenthood, lack of income, and not getting things right the first time.

‘Immensely enjoyable … Ros’s experiences are fascinating. She’s clearly a woman and who doesn’t let the obstacles life throws at her get her down.’
Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over Lemons

‘A joyous tale of following one’s dreams, despite the obstacles.’
Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller

‘Thank you, Ros Belford! This delightful memoir has brought back to me the wonder, the
excitement and the challenges that come with embracing a new life in Sicily.’
Mary Taylor Simeti, author of On Persephone’s Island

Ros Belford spends her time between Salina, Siracusa and Cambridge and is the author of numerous guidebooks to Italy, Sicily and the Mediterranean. She has written articles on travel and food for many magazines and newspapers and is the Telegraph’s Sicilian travel expert. She has made radio programmes for the BBC. Recently, Ros climbed an active volcano on Lion TV’s The Rough Guide to Mediterranean Islands.