About the Site
Kate Boydell was widowed in 1998 after nine years of marriage to her beloved husband Charlie. He died of heart failure at the age of 37, following a long struggle with complications resulting from the emergency open-heart surgery that he underwent in the first weeks of marriage.
Kate decided to write a book about Charlie’s remarkable life, his death and the struggle of coming to terms with life without him. The book, ‘Big-Hearted Man’ was published by Troubador Books in 2002. Two years later Kate wrote 'Death and How to Survive It', which was published by Vermilion in April 2005. Kate has appeared as a guest of Nicky Campbell on Five Live, Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2, Judi Spiers on BBC Radio Devon and Simon Mayo on Five Live, plus numerous appearances on BBC Radio Shropshire. Kate has also been a guest on Woman’s Hour on Radio Four, ‘This Morning’ on ITV, Sky News and ‘The Kelly Show’ on Ulster Television. She has been featured in articles in The Guardian, Devon Life, Woman and Home, ‘You’ Magazine, The Observer Magazine, Woman's Weekly, Easy Living, My Weekly, Bella, Sainsbury's Magazine and The Daily Express.
Kate is now 42 and lives in Devon with her two daughters, Rosie, aged 12 and Alice, aged 10. She is now a qualified therapist and is working on her next book.
If you would like to contact her with your comments on the web site, or with suggestions on how it might be improved, then you can e-mail her at: [email protected]
Acknowledgements
I was going to take a course in carpentry, so my thanks go to all the people who have nagged me to continue writing, because if they hadn't then this web site would be an occasional table or a bookcase.
I am indebted to Charles Wace for his endless support and encouragement. His great generosity and the help of his very talented Interactive Media team at twofourtv.com have enabled me to produce what you see before you.
My thanks also go to my daughters Rosie and Alice, for keeping out of my study and letting me write. This site is dedicated to the memory of my late husband, Charlie, who was and is my inspiration.
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