Was This in the Plan? by Stephanie Nimmo

Release date: July 29th 2026
Memoir
Paperback ISBN: 978-1913835484
£13.99 
Second edition with bonus chapter
 
Top 10 Amazon bestseller
 
'No one has taught me more to relish life than Steph'
Jo Whiley, Radio DJ and Television Presenter
 
ABOUT: From muddy Glastonbury fields and campervan adventures to children’s wards and cancer treatments, life was never ordinary for Stephanie Nimmo and her family. But through heartbreak, uncertainty and unimaginable change, they chose to keep saying yes to life.When Stephanie’s daughter Daisy was born with a rare, life-limiting condition, everything changed overnight. What followed was a journey of resilience, motherhood, love and learning to find joy in the middle of chaos.Raw, honest, heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure, Was This In The Plan? is a powerful reminder that life does not have to be perfect to still be meaningful.
 
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Stephanie Nimmo grew up in the Victorian seaside town of Penarth in South Wales.  She attended the United World College of the Atlantic and subsequently gained a degree in Social Anthropology at Kent University.  She moved to London in 1990 and has never left. These days she refers to herself as London Welsh.
Marriage to her long term partner Andy followed together with a mortgage and children.  Her successful international marketing career was cut short on the arrival of her fourth child, Daisy, who was born with a rare, life limiting genetic condition.  Overnight Steph became a full time carer and entered a world of which she had no prior experience.
She has written about the issues facing carers and people with disabilities in her multi-award nominated blog, Was this in the Plan?.  She has also written for The Guardian, Mumsnet, The Independent and The Huffington Post as well as being featured on BBC Ouch!, the BBC’s disability channel. 
 
For more on Stephanie
Twitter: @stephnimmo
Instagram: stephnimmo
Website: www.stephnimmo.com