Goodreads asked Terry Kerr:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Terry Kerr Watching snooker! In a freezing conservatory. With the sound turned down. And a dog on my lap. While all that was happening I received a text from a friend telling me her mother had died. It was while I was dispensing all my wisdom (took one line) that I entered the phrase "You can't plan." For some reason that struck a chord. Don't ask me why, I just liked it. So I picked up a notebook and wrote..."You can't plan," then added (for no very good reason I can recall) "thought Hayley, sitting in her hospital bed." Three months later I had a first draft.

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