Being married to Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant minds ever, would have been challenging and Jane describes just how challenging it all was. As Stephen's disability increased and thus his mobility decreased, Jane had to take on more and more to help him get where he needed to be in order to continue his research.

This also meant raising their children almost single handedly and putting her own research on the back burner. Jane is an academic in her own right and in the support of her husband, she had to push aside her own ambitions and aspirations which would be difficult on anyone.

This is a fascinating account of life in the shadows of greatness and provides insights into the joys, their shared passions but also the hardships and frustrations of this life.

I did find some of the detail about, not only Stephen's research but her own interesting, but perhaps a little too detailed which then interrupted the narrative.

Fascinating to read her perspective - one the media did not cover.