“Soft, bright, ethereal, I stand in the glow of a hot stove. Sun blasts through a panelled window, the shadow of bars projected on the floor in front of me, connoting church or prison, the light bathing me in angelic charm. I am tall. I am magnificent; a voluptuous centrepiece amidst the dazzle of scintillating dust lifting me to the heavens. I am housewife.” So begins Marieke Bigg’s debut novel, WAITING FOR TED, that charts the destruction of Rosalind and Ted’s relationship at the hands of an expensive chaise longue. Fittingly, we’ve paired it here with cancelled__plans' It’s Fine, I’m Fine candle. #Books #Bookstagram #WaitingForTed #MariekeBigg #CancelledPlans #NewBooks