Behind Closed Doors by B A Paris

Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace.

He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do.

You'd like to get to know Grace better.

But it's difficult, because you realise that Jack and Grace are never apart.

Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn't work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why are there bars on one of the bedroom windows?

Sometimes the perfect marriage is the perfect lie .... 

Behind Closed Doors by B A Paris is due for release on 11 February 2016. Published by Mira, this is the author's debut novel.


I have to start my review with one word; Wow!  Just, Wow!  I picked up my copy of Behind Closed Doors and was loathe to set it aside for even one minute, sadly I have to work and reading it in one sitting wasn't possible. Even so, I raced through this at a hurtling speed, often holding my breath and on occasion, stamping my feet in frustration on behalf of the lead character. Despite this, there were a couple of moments during the book that I HAD to put it aside, the emotional impact is huge and quite consuming, I had to take a few deep breaths, potter around for a while, and then return to the story.

Behind Closed Doors is Grace's story, told in her words. We are introduced to Grace and her husband Jack as they host a dinner party for friends in their beautiful home. Jack and Grace have been married for just a year, they seem to have it all; money, good looks, the stunning house, the holidays abroad. They appear to be a loving couple, staying close to each other at all times. Jack clearly adores Grace and his friends and colleagues are pleased that he has finally found the woman of his dreams, after all, he's forty now and very successful in his career as a lawyer, specialising in  representing the victims of domestic violence.  Meeting Grace and marrying her, although very quickly, has made his world complete.

There is a dark undertone to Grace's words. Without actually saying anything specific, the reader is fully aware that what is seen on the outside is quite possibly concealing something very very different. Grace comes across as quite flat and expressionless, and that is not a criticism, it is proof that this author can handle dialogue and meaning very very well. You see, Grace is quite flat, her emotion and expression have been silenced so many times that she has to choose every word and every action so very carefully. Why?

The story goes back to the past, and the book continues in this way. Alternative chapters; one from the present, one from the past and all narrated by Grace. The reader learns how Grace was a hardworking food buyer for Harrods, travelling the world and very happy. Her parents were emotionally distant from her and her main concern in life was to ensure that her younger sister Millie was happy.

Millie is seventeen and lives at a residential school, she has Downs Syndrome. Grace and Millie are so very close, and due to their parents lack of interest, it is assumed that Grace will care for Millie when she leaves school. We learn how Jack came into Grace's life. Handsome, kind and caring, in no time at all he captured her heart and it was clear that he adored Millie too.

Their courtship and their wedding, and then the beginning of their married life, and for Grace, it is also the beginning of something that she really hadn't expected. As the past and present stories are told, they gradually collide and the anticipation of what may come next is incredibly tense as the pace moves, and the reader realises what may be about the happen.

B A Paris is very very gifted author, this story is incredibly well written and deals with the darkest and most evil of issues. There are times when the futility of Grace's situation made my heart thud, I could sense her panic and fear, so expertly expressed by this author.

The malevolence and venom, the out and out lunacy so carefully hidden is chilling and really very unsettling, but oh so brilliant.

I am very very impressed by Behind Closed Doors, it is clear that B A Paris is a very talented author and one to watch out for.  Available for pre-order, I'd recommend you do so, now!

My thanks to Lovereading who sent my copy for review.


B A Paris is from a Franco/Irish background. 
She was brought up in England and moved to France where she spent some years working as a trader in an international bank before re-training as a teacher and setting up a language school with her husband.

They still live in France and have five daughters.   This is her first novel.

Follow her on Twitter @BAParisAuthor

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A Merry Mistletoe Wedding by Judy Astley **** BLOG TOUR ****

It is almost a year since Sean and Thea met and it's been a roller-coaster ride: they're getting married on Christmas Day!

Neither Thea or Sean want a big fuss - a simple wedding, with Christmas lights and just a few sprigs of mistletoe for decoration is all they need. 

But before they know it, things begin to get complicated. 

Trying to manage a long-distance relationship in the build-up to their Christmas wedding is one thing, but as one challenge after another comes their way, the happy couple begin to wonder if they'll ever make it down the aisle . . .

A Merry Mistletoe Wedding by Judy Astley is published by Black Swan on 3 December 2015, and I am delighted to be a host on the Blog Tour for this really wonderful seasonal read.

I don't usually read Christmas books, but last year I made an exception and hosted the Blog Tour for It Must Have Been The Mistletoe by Judy Astley, and this year I am thrilled to return to the characters we met in that book, one year later ... for us, and for them.

Yes, this is a sequel, and yes it would be great if you've read last year's book, but no need to worry if you haven't because Judy Astley is a very skilled author and incorporates enough of the background story into this one to make it fabulous stand alone story.

Thea and Sean are planning their wedding. They are going to get married in Cornwall, where they
met a year ago. They want a simple ceremony, with a beach BBQ wedding breakfast and no frills. So very different to the wedding that Thea almost had; the wedding where her fiance got cold feet at the last minute, with a meringue dress bought and ready and the invitations almost ready to be sent out. Thea would love for her whole family to join them on their big day, but her sister Emily is proving to be a problem. Emily recently gave birth and her behaviour has been strange to say the least since little Ned arrived. Emily is also terrified that it may snow. It snowed last year in Cornwall and the family were trapped in their holiday home ... Emily has never quite got over that.

These characters are truly wonderfully drawn. A big, bustling family with lots of members, but each one is finely created, with their own individual features and characteristic. Anna and Mick; the ageing hippy parents. Rosie; the 'speak first, think later' sister-in-law. Alfie and Millie, the two youngest members of the family and of course, Charlotte; not really a blood relation, but someone who becomes the lynch pin, the saviour of them all.

Amongst the Christmas and wedding preparations, Judy Astley also deals with some more serious issues, especially around Emily and her sudden change in character. This is done sensitively and will compassion, and just a little humour, and Emily, who could quite easily have been an annoying, hateful character who spoils the whole show, becomes one who probably has the most depth.

I have been reading Judy Astley's books for many years now, and she has never disappointed. Her writing is warm and witty. Her characters are life like and her Cornish settings are enough to make anyone pack their bag and make their way down there immediately.  A real treat.



Born In Lancashire, Judy Astley has lived for most of her life in Twickenham, and was a dress designer and painter before writing her first novel, Just for the Summer,in 1994. 

She has two grown-up daughters and lives with her husband in Twickenham and Cornwall.

For more information on Judy Astley and her books, see her website at www.judyastley.com
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Adrenalized: Life, Def Leppard and Beyond by Phil Collen and Chris Epting

Meet Phil Collen. You may know him as the lead guitarist in Def Leppard, whose signature song Pour Some Sugar on Me is still as widely enjoyed as when it debuted in 1988. Maybe you’ve heard of him as the rock star who gave up alcohol and meat more than 25 years ago. Most likely you’ve seen him shirtless - in photos or in real life - flaunting his impeccably toned body to appreciative female fans.

But it wasn’t always like this. Collen worked his way up from nothing, teaching himself guitar from scratch as a teenager by imitating his heroes. He slogged it out in London-based pub bands for years, long before Def Leppard formed and transformed from unknowns to icons (all thanks to a little album called Pyromania), from playing openers in near-empty arenas to headlining in those same stadiums and selling them out every night. But as Collen discovered, true overnight success is a myth. Like the other band members, he had to struggle and fight his way to the top; in the end, he says, 'our work ethic saved us'. Just as it still does.

This is Collen’s story, starting with his first real taste of success and wild rock and roll excess as a member of the seminal glam rock outfit Girl. But once he joins Def Leppard, it’s also an amazing underdog tale featuring a bunch of ordinary working-class lads who rose to mega-stardom, overcoming incredible obstacles - such as the drummer, Rick Allen, who lost an arm in a car crash, and the tragic death of guitarist Steve Clark, Phil’s musical soul mate, who lost his fight with alcoholism. Featuring personal, never-before-seen photos of Collen and his band mates on stage and off,Adrenalized is a fascinating account of the failures, triumphs, challenges, and rock-hard dedication it takes to make dreams come true.

Adrenalized was published in hardback by Bantam Press in October 2015, and is Phil Collen's story.

There is a saying; something about never meeting your heroes. Well, in this case, for me, it should be never read a biography of your hero. I've been a Def Leppard fan since the 80s. I bought their albums (in vinyl, before the days of CD, let alone downloads), I went to their gigs. I saw them in Leeds in the late 80s, I saw them play their massive 'hometown', never to be forgotten gig at Don Valley Stadium in the mid 90s.

Great, I thought. Phil Collen has written (or co-written) his story, I'll read that, it will be fabulous to relive the memories. Pah!

Adrenalized is certainly Phil Collen's story, but for a Northern British fan it's a huge disappointment. It is clearly aimed at the American market, I know that the band were huge in the States, they struck gold over there way before they made an impression here in the UK, but why speak directly to the American fans only? Phil Collen was born and brought up in London, yet he talks about putting gas in his car and turning on the faucet. He talks about meeting the Queen of England instead of just 'The Queen' and compares well-known shows such as The Old Grey Whistle Test to American shows. It's very annoying, it's very off putting and the more I read, the more I went off the bloke. That is a shame.

The writing is fine, I guess that Chris Eptling did most of it. It's the whole feel of it and how Collen comes across as a person, that I didn't like. For those of us, at home in the UK who supported them when Rick Allen lost his arm in a car accident, and cheered when he returned on his custom-made drums, for those of us who grieved along side the band when Steve Clark died and for those of us who went to their massive hometown gig on a very hot day at Sheffield Don Valley arena, this feels like a bit of a kick in the teeth.  That Don Valley gig was huge. The hugest thing that the band had done for years; the first band to play the Stadium, a Sheffield band, a full day. We loved it, they sounded fabulous, it was one of the best days ever. Phil Collen doesn't mention it once. He talks about loads of shows in the UK, he talks about many more in the US, but he doesn't give Sheffield Don Valley Stadium one teeny tiny mention. Kick. In. The. Teeth.

If you can keep up with his love life, take a bow. This is not a long book but there are so many relationships mentioned, they all seem to blur into one another. At one stage, towards the end, he's moved in with a woman and her child, at the same time he's having a baby with his on/off wife, and then another baby, and at the same time he's starting a relationship with another woman .... it's all confusing and told in a very flippant way.

I'm not even going to go into a discussion about the last chapter; the philosophical mutterings, the deep thoughts. By the time I'd got to this part I was just fed up to the back teeth.

I don't usually feature books on the blog if I've not enjoyed them, after all, we all have different tastes, and what I don't enjoy, someone else may love. However, this is not fiction, this is a memoir and it's a bloke that I've been a fan of for years, and it's really annoyed me, so I decided to say so!



Phil Collen is the lead guitarist of the legendary rock band Def Leppard. He has been a vegetarian for 31 years, alcohol-free for 28 years, and vegan for over four years, busting the myth of the classic rock star stereotype.

Chris Epting is the author of many books, including: Led Zeppelin Crashed Here, All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Kiss and Hello, It's Me - Dispatches from a Pop Culture Junkie.







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The Complete Peter Pan (Alma Classics) Paperback – Illustrated by J M Barrie & GIVEAWAY

The boy who wouldn't grow up, Peter Pan has the power of flight and lives on a magical island. But he is fascinated by Mary Darling's bedtime stories for her children and makes covert night-time visits to their Bloomsbury home. One evening he loses his shadow, and after Mary's daughter Wendy helps him reattach it, he invites her to fly away with him on an extraordinary adventure.

In addition to the famous 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, which tells the familiar adventures of Peter Pan in Neverland and popularized the characters of Tinkerbell and Captain Hook, this volume contains the celebrated stage version on which Peter and Wendy is based, as well as Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, in which Peter Pan is a seven-day-old infant who consorts with birds and fairies and travels down the Serpentine in a thrush's nest.

This new illustrated The Complete Peter Pan by J M Barrie and illustrated by Joel Stewart was published by Alma Classics on 15 October 2015.

I have a paperback copy of The Complete Peter Pan to give away.  To enter; complete the Widget at the bottom of this post.  UK entries only.  Good luck!


 I expect that most of us are familiar with the story of Peter Pan, I know that I discovered the Disney version way before I actually read the book!  I'm not a huge classics reader, but I do love some of the children's classics and Peter Pan is a favourite.  This newly published edition is just beautiful and has the added bonus of stories that I'd not come across before. We find the tiny baby Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, it's really lovely to read and sets the background for the more famous story in Neverland.

This lovely book would make a fabulous Christmas present and also has extra information for young readers, as well as the stage version.







About the illustrator:  Prize-winning illustrator Joel Stewart is known internationally for his Dexley Bexley picture books. He has also illustrated the words of Julia Donaldson, Carol Ann Duffy and Michael Rosen among others. He is the creator/director of the hit children's animation series The Adventures of Abney and Teal as well as being a musician, collecting and playing increasingly odd instruments.
Visit his blog www.joel-stewart.blogspot.co.uk



J M Barrie (1860 - 1937) was a prolific Scottish playwright and novelist who is now best remembered for his play Peter Pan and its spin-off novel Peter and Wendy

About Alma Classics

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 2013

Alma Classics is an imprint of Alma Books. Alma Books was set up in October 2005 by Alessandro Gallenzi and Elisabetta Minervini, the founders of Hesperus Press. Following its takeover of the Oneworld Classics list in February 2012, it now publishes around seventy new titles a year, mainly in the field of contemporary literary fiction and classics. Alma takes around forty per cent of its titles from English-language originals, while the rest are translations from French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese and other languages. Alma also publishes around five non-fiction titles each year. Alma Books includes the following imprints: Alma Books, Alma Classics, Overture (music imprint), Calder Publications (founded 1949) and Herla (Poetry). The backlist comprises over 300 titles. Alma counts half a dozen Nobel-Prize winners in its list and many more British and international award-winning authors and translators.
As well as publishing internationally renowned authors, Alma takes pride in discovering and fostering new talents that go on to win prizes and become established writers across the world. 

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
Alma – which is Spanish for “soul” – is a publisher that regards a book as an aesthetic artefact rather than as a mass-produced commodity. The company’s whole emphasis lies on quality over quantity, all the way from choosing projects for publication to creating the physical look and feel of each volume. Alma works intimately with authors and translators to develop the best possible finished scripts, and displays a passionate commitment to the kind of professional editing, copy-editing and proofreading that is dying out elsewhere. 

AWARDS
Alma was named Independent Publisher of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards in May 2013. The following month, Alma was awarded the Premio Nazionale per la Traduzione by the Italian Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali for its contribution to the promotion of Italian culture abroad. It was the first time, since the award’s inauguration in 1989, that a British publisher won this prestigious prize.

One Paperback copy of The Complete Peter Pan

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Follow Me by Angela Clarke

LIKE. SHARE. FOLLOW ....... DIE

The 'Hashtag Murderer' posts chilling cryptic clues online, pointing to their next target. Taunting the police. Entralling the press. Capturing the public's imagination.

But this is no virtual threat.

As the number of his followers rises, so does the body count.

Eight years ago two young girls did something unforgivable. Now, ambitious police officer Nasreen and investigative journalist Freddie are thrown together again in a desperate struggle to catch this cunning, fame-crazed killer. But can they stay one step ahead of him? And can they escape their own past?

Time's running out. Everyone is following the #Murderer. But what if he is following you?

ONLINE, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM ..... 

Follow Me by Angela Clarke is published by Avon. The ebook is out on 3 December 2015, followed by the paperback on 31 December 2015.


Social Media; Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram .... the home of arguments, feuds, debate. A platform to connect with people just like you, or to haunt those that are the opposite. A place to make friends, or enemies. Social Media: the biggest change in how we live our lives, how we talk to each other, how we learn things. Online ..... where no one can hear you scream.

Follow Me is a story that could haunt any Twitter user, it will make you think about who you are online, and who can see you. It could change your habits.

Freddie is an investigative journalist. No, actually, Freddie would like to be an investigative journalist. Whilst she's waiting for her big break she's working in a coffee bar and writing a column for an online news site. Freddie's life revolves around her phone. She wakes up everyday and checks her screen; what's happening on Twitter, who has sent her a WhatsApp. Freddie's life is a bit of a disaster; she hates her boss, she sleeps on a ratty sofa, she lives with a gang of people who she doesn't really know, she has casual sex with random guys that she meets online. Freddie needs a story that will show the world that she IS somebody, she needs a scoop, something that nobody has got.

When Freddie bumps into her old friend Nasreen, her memories catapult her back to better days. She remembers her childhood, how strong their friendship was. They shared secrets, they were solid. But something happened to change that, and now Nasreen is a police officer and Freddie is on the scrap heap.

And then, bang. The action starts. There's a murder, and it's being played out on Twitter. The Hashtag Murderer is taunting the police. The number of people following the murderer increases by the hour, and the body count rises too. If there is anyone who can help the police, it's Freddie, and she soon finds herself smack bang in the middle of the investigation as the police Social Media Advisor .... and the chase is on.

Angela Clarke's writing is taunt, dark and bang on the mark. She has managed to get deep into the world of Social Media and delivered a story that is up to date, compelling and absolutely fascinating. Freddie is an unconventional character, so far away from the usual lead character in crime novels, but so well developed.

Alongside the hunt for the #Hashtag Murderer, the reader is transfixed by the relationship between Freddie and Nasreen. The mystery of their childhood friendship an its abrupt ending permeates this story and exposes Freddie's more vulnerable and softer side. I have no idea whether a police force would really take on an unknown to become such an integral part of a high profile murder case, and I'm not really bothered, because for me, Follow Me is a refreshing, new look at police procedure, and crime fiction on the whole.

There are moments when my heart beat so fast that I actually felt quite sick, the author hooks you and reels you in and it is almost impossible to get this story out of your head.

Twists and turns a plenty. This is a totally gripping and engrossing story. I'd recommend it highly.

My thanks to the publisher, Avon who sent my copy for review.

Angela Clarke is an author, columnist and playwright. Her debut crime novel Follow Me (Avon) is out December 2015. Follow Me is the first in the Social Media Murders Series.

Her memoir Confessions of a Fashionista (Ebury) is an Amazon Fashion Chart bestseller. Her debut play The Legacy received rave reviews after it's first run at The Hope Theatre in June 2015. Angela's journalist contributions include: The Guardian, The Independent Magazine, The Daily Mail, and Cosmopolitan. Now magazine described her as a 'glitzy outsider'. Angela read English and European Literature at Essex University, and Advances in Scriptwriting at RADA. In 2015 Angela was awarded the Young Stationers' Prize for achievement and promise in writing and publishing.

She is almost always late or lost, or both. 

Find out more at: http://angelaclarke.co.uk

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Meet Me in Manhattan by Claudia Carroll **** BLOG TOUR *****

In a New York minute, everything can change …

You don’t mess with aspiring journalist Holly Johnson! The man she fell for is not all that he seems – because sometimes dating online doesn’t quite go to plan. She’s decided to fly to the Big Apple to surprise him and to get some answers. And if her plan works she’ll also get the scoop of her career …

But as she steps out of her yellow taxi and the first snowflakes start to fall, it’s Holly who has the surprise of her life.

What should be a dream come true is looking a little like a nightmare. But Holly is determined to get her New York happy ending!

I'm happy to welcome you to the Blog Tour for Meet Me in Manhattan by Claudia Carroll, published in paperback by Avon on 3 December 2015.

I have a real fondness for Claudia Carroll's writing. She writes stories that cheer, that make you smile and that are so easy to disappear into. I read a lot of different genres, I enjoy many authors. Some of them are serious and tense, some are heavy and issue-led. Claudia Carroll is none of these things, she's a romantic comedy author, and proud of it, and she's also one of the best.

Meet Me in Manhattan bring the age-old girl meets boy story bang up to date. Our heroine Holly has entered the world of online dating, she's jumped in feet first and totally embraced the instant messaging, the 'swipe right', she's on it.

When Holly met Andy online, she thought all of her Christmases and Birthdays had arrived together. He's an airline pilot in America, he's a widow, has a small child and is incredibly attentive. Well as attentive as anyone can be when you are separated by thousands of miles. The day of their first face-
to-face meeting arrives and this is when Claudia Carroll's writing really touches the heart. The scene in the restaurant as Holly sits waiting for Andy to arrive is heartbreaking. Holly's confusion and disappointment, and her determination to think the best of Andy is palpable.

Andy doesn't arrive and it is Holly's best friend Joy who is there to help her through. Joy knows Holly, she knows her vulnerabilities, her history. She's protective of her friend. Holly is determined to travel to America and to find out just what Andy's game is. So off she goes, risking her job, and her heart, to Manhattan.

 Manhattan becomes a character it is own right in this book. Claudia Carroll's wonderful descriptions of this magical Christmassy place are amazing. I've never been to New York, but after reading this book, I'd be on the first plane there in an instance if I got the chance.

There are lots and lots of unexpected surprises in this story which kept me happily reading right up until the end. Holly is a character who evokes sympathy from the reader, she's kind and compassionate and she'd make a great best friend.

If you want a book to curl up with on a dreary December afternoon, a book that will keep you entertained and show you the sights and sounds of Manhattan, then this is the one to choose.







Claudia Carroll is a number one bestselling author in Ireland and a top ten bestseller in the UK, selling over 300,000 copies of her paperbacks alone. 

She was born in Dublin where she still lives and where she has worked extensively both as a theatre and stage actress. 

She now writes full-time. 

Her 2013 novel ME AND YOU was shortlisted for the Bord Gais Popular Choice Irish Book Award.

More information about Claudia Carroll and her books can be found at her website www.claudia-caroll.com
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Dead Babies and Seaside Towns by Alice Jolly **** BLOG TOUR ****

The world of dead babies is a silent and shuttered place. You do not know it exists until you find yourself there.

When Alice Jolly's second child was stillborn and all subsequent attempts to have another baby failed, she began to consider every possible option, no matter how unorthodox. 

Dead Babies and Seaside Towns is a savagely personal account of the search for an alternative way to create a family. As she battles through miscarriage, IVF and failed adoption attempts, Alice's only solace from the pain is the faded charm of Britain's crumbling seaside towns. Finally, this search leads her and her husband to a small town in Minnesota, and two remarkable women who offer to make the impossible possible. 

In this beautiful book, shot through with humour and full of hope, Alice Jolly describes with a novelist's skill events that woman live through every day – even if many feel compelled to keep them hidden. Her decision not to hide but to share them, without a trace of sentiment or self-pity, turns Dead Babies and Seaside Towns into a universal story: one that begins in tragedy but ends in joy.

Welcome to my spot on the Blog Tour for Dead Babies and Seaside Towns by Alice Jolly, published by Unbound in hardback on July 2 2015.

It's an odd title for a book. I could put people off. However this is a book about dead babies, whichever way you look at it. I've often heard people say that they were shocked by a book's content, that they had no idea ..... Alice Jolly has made it clear with her title, the clue is there.  Yes, it's a distressing subject, and yes, if you really can't handle it, then don't read it .... but, and it's a HUGE

but, you really should. There's no 'angels with wings in heaven' in this book, it's not mawkish or sentimental.  It's honest, harrowing, painful but very very important.

Alice Jolly has opened her heart and exposed her innermost feelings; her sorrows and her joys within the words of Dead Babies and Seaside Towns. You do not have to be a parent to appreciate this book, you do not have to have wanted to be a parent either. Although this is the story of a dead baby, and the long and tortuous journey that Alice and her husband embarked upon to try to complete their family, you only have to be human to understand and to connect with these words.

One could reasonably expect this book to be almost unbearably bleak and grave, and whilst there is no getting away from the sorrow contained within it, it is also filled with hope and ultimately, with joy.

The author skilfully incorporates medical procedure and legal process into her own personal story, giving the reader an insight into how loss is dealt with and perceived by the professionals, and also how the quest to become a parent by other means can be arduous and painful. She includes views from those closest to her as well as her own thoughts and feelings, making this a well-balanced and rounded story that deals with both the negative and the positives.

Alice Jolly considers many issues within her pages, her story is about grief, loss, parenthood, friendship, trust and a love affair with the seaside towns are unique to Britain.







Alice Jolly is a novelist and playwright. 
She has published two novels with Simon and Schuster and has been commissioned four times by the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham. 
She has also written for Paines Plough and her work has been performed at The Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden and The Space, East London. 
Her memoir ‘Dead Babies and Seaside Towns’ was published by Unbound in July 2015. 
In 2014 one of her short stories won The Royal Society of Literature’s V.S. Pritchett Memorial Prize. 
She teaches creative writing on the Mst at Oxford University.

More information can be found on her website www.alicejolly.com
Follow her on Twitter @JollyAlice



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