Anne Goodwin

Broschiertes Buch

Lyrics for the Loved Ones

Beschreibung

A care home in lockdown isn't the best place for a big birthday, but Matty wants to mark her centenary in style. But hidden histories haunt her: the child she gave up for adoption and her ancestors' role in the transatlantic slave trade.

Autor

Anne Goodwin's drive to understand what makes people tick led to a career in clinical psychology. That same curiosity now powers her fiction.Anne writes about the darkness that haunts her and is wary of artificial light. She makes stuff up to tell the truth about adversity, creating characters to care about and stories to make you think. She explores identity, mental health and social justice with compassion, humour and hope. An award-winning short-story writer, she has published three novels and a short story collection with small independent press, Inspired Quill. Her debut novel, Sugar and Snails, was shortlisted for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize. Lyrics for the Loved Ones is her fourth novel.Away from her desk, Anne guides book-loving walkers through the Derbyshire landscape that inspired Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Annecdotal Press
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781739145026
• ISBN-10: 173914502X
• Artikelnr.: 68106001