#BookReview Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa @OneworldNews #SweetBeanPaste #DurianSukegawa

 

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa is translated from Japanese by Alison Watts. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Oneworld Publications. 

 

'I'm in story heaven with this book.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You

A charming tale of friendship, love and loneliness in contemporary Japan

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste.

But everything is about to change.

Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape and Tokue’s dark secret is revealed,
with devastating consequences.

Sweet Bean Paste is a moving novel about the burden of the past and the redemptive power of friendship. Translated into English for the first time, Durian Sukegawa’s beautiful prose is capturing hearts all over the world.

My Thoughts: 

I was instantly drawn to this gorgeous looking book, the cherry blossom irresistible to me. Sweet Bean Paste is a short novel really at a little over 200 pages but I found it to be utterly charming, enchanting me and sweeping me away to another place and time. 

When we first meet Sentaro he is a fairly angry man that lacks scope and direction. He has taken a few wrong turns in life and is on the brink of giving up. His two sole purposes are to drink and to work at Doraharu to settle a debt and he does not wish to work a day longer than is absolutely necessary. Doraharu is a confectionery shop whose speciality is Dorayaki. Dorayaki is a pancake filled with the sweet bean paste synonymous with the title. 

Sentaro is distracted and can't make sweet bean paste to save his life. He has little care and attention for what he is doing and is coasting through the days. This is until the day he meets Tokue, an elderly lady who is desperate to work in the shop. She is rebuffed numerous times by Sentaro as being too elderly, too infirm and not up to the job. Sentaro relents and it is a good job he does as Tokue makes the greatest sweet bean paste he has ever tasted and the shop begins to become very successful. That is until people start making judgments based on things they don't understand and the past slowly starts to impact on the present for both Sentaro and Tokue. 

 I simply adored what is on the surface a very simple story of an unlikely friendship but upon digging a little the reader is presented with an exploration of prejudice, injustice and the judgment of others and the healing and redemptive power of acceptance. 

The prose here is simply sublime. I could almost sense myself walking down the street of cherry blossom and feel the wind wafting the scents of that and the sweet pancakes on the breeze. Ultimately a very moving story and one that I will remember for some time to come. 

A perfect book to continue my exploration of Japanese fiction. Would love to hear of any other recommendations that people have. 

About the Author:  

Durian Sukegawa studied oriental philosophy at Waseda University, before going on to work as a reporter in Berlin and Cambodia in the early 1990s. He has written a number of books and essays, TV programmes and films. He lives in Tokyo.

Alison Watts is a freelance translator, translating literature from Japanese into English. She lives in Ibaraki, Japan.

#BlogTour: The Gathering Storm by Alan Jones @alanjonesbooks #TheGatheringStorm @RandomTTours #SturmtaucherTrilogy #Review

 

The Gathering Storm by Alan Jones is published on 19th August 2021.It is available for pre order here now and is the first in The Sturmtaucher Trilogy. My thanks to the author for the review copy and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the blog tour invitation.

 

 ‘Kiel, Northern Germany, 1933. A naval city, the base for the German Baltic
fleet, and the centre for German sailing, the venue for the upcoming Olympic
regatta in 1936.

The Kästners, a prominent Military family, are part of the fabric of the
city, and its social, naval and yachting circles. The Nussbaums are the
second generation of their family to be in service with the Kästners as
domestic staff, but the two households have a closer bond than most.

As Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party claw their way to power in
1933, life has never looked better for families like the Kästners. There is
only one problem.

The Nussbaums are Jews.

The Sturmtaucher Trilogy documents the devastating effect on both families
of the Nazis’ hateful ideology and the insidious erosion of the rights of
Germany's Jews.

When Germany descends ever deeper into dictatorship, General Erich Kästner
tries desperately to protect his employees, and to spirit them to safety.

As the country tears itself apart, the darkness which envelops a nation
threatens not only to destroy two families, but to plunge an entire
continent into war.’

 

My Thoughts

This isn't the first time I have read a book by this author having previously read and reviewed Blue Wicked. The Gathering Storm is a complete change of genre and serves to show the versatility of this wonderful writer.I should start by saying that I was apprehensive. This one is over 800 pages and historical fiction and I admit I thought I would struggle but I am so pleased to say I couldn't have been more wrong and I was able to form that opinion after only a couple of chapters. 

The Gathering Storm is set in 1933 in Kiel, Germany and tells the story of two families. The Kästners who are a well regarded military family and The Nussbaums who serve as domestic staff to the Kästners. The Nussbaums do cooking, cleaning, driving and other household chores but perhaps unusually the two families are also friends and their children also mix. There is a tight bond that has developed through the years. 

I guess despite the obvious differences there is also the fact that The Nussbaums are Jews in a time when Hitler is beginning to make is mark and the rumblings of Nazi's and dictatorship are beginning to make there marks across a country and its people. I found it fascinating to read about the lead up to the second world war and what initially starts as confusion amongst people slowly builds into a crescendo of fear and a divide that opens across a nation and even families. The title of this book is so apt in that sense.The sense of something building that is dark and gloomy.

The amount of research and care that has gone into this book is truly breathtaking. It could read more like a textbook and that wouldn't be as engaging but it doesn't. The characters are magnificently written, they are rounded, nuanced and memorable. I can feel the care with which the author has written about this part of history across every single page. It just comes to life and was moving and raw.

I have read many books about the second world war, Hitler and the Nazis etc and they are more often told from the perspectives of the Jewish people. I found it interesting that The Gathering Storm tells the story of both sides. 

The Gathering Storm is an important and memorable book that has been brilliantly done. It is important because we should never forget this part of history and what happened. The stories need to be told and then told again. I have visited Bergen Belsen when I lived in Germany and it shocked me to the core. 

I am in awe of this book, can't wait to read the other two either. I would be very surprised if this one isn't my book of the year, that is how strongly I feel about it.

About the Author 

Alan Jones is a Scottish author with three gritty crime stories to his name, the first two set in Glasgow, the third one based in London. He has now switched genres, and his WW2 trilogy will be published in August 2021. It is a Holocaust story set in Northern Germany.

He is married with four grown up children and four wonderful grandchildren.

He has recently retired as a mixed-practice vet in a small Scottish coastal town in Ayrshire and is one of the RNLI volunteer coxswains on the local lifeboat. He makes furniture in his spare time, and maintains and sails a 45-year-old yacht in the Irish Sea and on the beautiful west coast of Scotland. He loves reading, watching films and cooking. He still plays football despite being just the wrong side of sixty.

His crime novels are not for the faint-hearted, with some strong language, violence, and various degrees of sexual content. The first two books also contain a fair smattering of Glasgow slang.

He is one of the few self-published authors to be given a panel at Bloody Scotland and has done two pop-up book launches at the festival in Stirling.

He has spent the last five years researching and writing the Sturmtaucher Trilogy.

 

You find the author on Twitter: @alanjonesbooks or on his website https://www.alanjonesbooks.co.uk/ 

 

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#BookTrailer The Gathering Storm by Alan Jones @alanjonesbooks #SturmtaucherTrilogy

 

The Gathering Storm by Alan Jones is published 19th August 2021 and is available to preorder now. The Gathering Storm is Book 1 in the Sturmtaucher Trilogy.

‘Kiel, Northern Germany, 1933. A naval city, the base for the German Baltic
fleet, and the centre for German sailing, the venue for the upcoming Olympic
regatta in 1936.

The Kästners, a prominent Military family, are part of the fabric of the
city, and its social, naval and yachting circles. The Nussbaums are the
second generation of their family to be in service with the Kästners as
domestic staff, but the two households have a closer bond than most.

As Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party claw their way to power in
1933, life has never looked better for families like the Kästners. There is
only one problem.

The Nussbaums are Jews.

The Sturmtaucher Trilogy documents the devastating effect on both families
of the Nazis’ hateful ideology and the insidious erosion of the rights of
Germany's Jews.

When Germany descends ever deeper into dictatorship, General Erich Kästner
tries desperately to protect his employees, and to spirit them to safety.

As the country tears itself apart, the darkness which envelops a nation
threatens not only to destroy two families, but to plunge an entire
continent into war.’

 

 

So what do you think about that? If this has got your interest you can pre order your copy here. 

 

You can also pop back tomorrow to see my thoughts as part of the Blog Tour organised by Random Things Tours. 

 

About the Author:

Alan Jones is a Scottish author with three gritty crime stories to his name,
the first two set in Glasgow, the third one based in London. He has now
switched genres, and his WW2 trilogy will be published from August to
December 2021. It is a Holocaust story set in Northern Germany.
He is married with four grown up children and four wonderful grandchildren.
He has recently retired as a mixed-practice vet in a small Scottish coastal
town in Ayrshire and is one of the coxswains on the local RNLI lifeboat. He
makes furniture in his spare time, and maintains and sails a 45-year-old
yacht, cruising in the Irish Sea and on the beautiful west coast of
Scotland. He loves reading, watching films and cooking. He still plays
football despite being just the wrong side of sixty.
His crime novels are not for the faint-hearted, with some strong language,
violence, and various degrees of sexual content. The first two books also
contain a fair smattering of Glasgow slang.
He is one of the few self-published authors to be given a panel at the
Bloody Scotland crime fiction festival in Stirling and has done two pop-up
book launches at previous festivals.
He has spent the last five years researching and writing the Sturmtaucher
Trilogy.
To find out more, please visit https://www.alanjonesbooks.co.uk/

#BlogTour: The Perfect Life by Nuala Ellwood @NualaWrites @PenguinUKBooks @EllieeHud #ThePerfectLife

 

The Perfect Life by Nuala Ellwood was published on 5th August 2021 by Viking Books which is an imprint of Penguin. My thanks to the publishers for the review copy and the blog tour invitation. 

 

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE SOMEONE ELSE?

Vanessa has always found it easy to pretend to be somebody different, somebody better. When things get tough in her real life, all she has to do is throw on some nicer clothes, adopt a new accent and she can escape.

That's how it started: looking round houses she couldn't possibly afford. Harmless fun really. Until it wasn't.

Because a man who lived in one of those houses is dead.

And everyone thinks Vanessa killed him...

My Thoughts: 

The Perfect Life by Nuala Ellwood is just one of those books. It has a short blurb that is just enough to hook the reader. I love this author so I was sold straight away. She manages to take things that on the surface look ordinary and uncomplicated but manages to unravel them and reveal an underside that leaves the readers head spinning. 

Vanessa or Nessa as she is more commonly known is the main protagonist in this story that is told across two timelines. Nessa hasn't had it easy, her mother died when she was little and her older sister helped to bring her up. A sense of belonging is important to Nessa and she longs for stability and a place to call home. 

What slowly starts as an idea to view property slowly slides into an obsession with wanting to be somebody else, of wanting more. A continual striving for perfection. What if everything on the surface is supposed to make you happy but it just doesn't.  Is this just a form of escapism and an overactive imagination or is there more to it. Is Nessa playing a dangerous game? When a body is found at one of the properties she has recently viewed suspicions start to be drawn but surely there is more to it than that. 

Nessa seems to have it all already a steady relationship and a good job. So when cracks start to appear the pace and the plot pick up and the reader is taken in unexpected directions. This author creates some of the best suspense that I have read. 

It is unsettling and shocking and just when you think you have it all worked out. Something else happens. Highly recommended if you enjoy thrillers where the author is always several steps ahead. 

I loved it.

About the Author: 

 

Nuala Ellwood is the author of three bestselling novels: My Sister's Bones for which she was selected as one of the Observer's 'New Faces of Fiction 2017', Day of the Accident and The House on the Lake. Nuala lives in York with her young son.

 

You can find the author on Twitter: @NualaWrites

 

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#BlogTour The Price by Kerry Kaya @KerryKayaWriter @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources @bookandtonic #ThePrice #boldwoodbloggers

 

The Price by Kerry Kaya was published by Boldwood Books on 13th July 2021. My thanks to the publisher for the review copy and Rachel of Rachel's Random Resources for the blog tour invitation. 

Break the rules…

Harry Fletcher – Fletch to his friends – has spent his life surviving the tough streets of the East End. He knows working for notorious gangster Billy King is dangerous, and sleeping with Billy’s beautiful wife, Susan is deadly…but rules are meant to be broken.

 

Pay the price.

 

If Billy discovers the affair, Fletch is a dead man. But the closer he gets to Susan the more reckless Fletch becomes. And soon, Fletch realises that every one - even him - must pay the price for his actions.

 

But just what is Fletch prepared to lose…and will the cost be too high, even for him?

 

Purchase Link: https://amzn.to/3fFNB19

My Thoughts: 

The Price is the first book I have read by Kerry Kaya but it certainly won't be my last. I always seem to enjoy being swept up into this genre. The grit and the pace coupled with the sense of real people and real lives always has me turning the pages at lightening speed. 

In this captivating story we follow Fletch and his brother Spence. Fletch, who might have just bitten off more than he can chew. He is working for Billy King and as a gangster and leader you would not want to get on the his wrong side. Fletch is really playing with fire though and is having an affair with Billy King's wife Susan. Just what are the consequences to such behaviour should Billy find out? 

The Price is about the tough guys and the mean streets but there is also a likeability to the characters. In particular Fletch just seemed to charm me. There are portions of the book that are grittier and with the anticipated bits of violence. There are also parts that lighten the tone a little. 

I always find gangland fiction such page turners and there are usually plenty of twist and turns. The Price fits in the genre perfectly and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

 I would definitely seek out more of this authors books in future. She is definitely a firm fixture for this type of book. 

 
About the Author:  

Kerry Kaya is the hugely popular author of Essex-based gritty gangland thrillers with strong family dynamics. She grew up on one of the largest council estates in the UK, where she sets her novels. She also works full-time in a busy maternity department for the NHS. She has signed a nine-book deal with Boldwood for both new and backlist titles. Her first book The Price will be published in July 2021.

 

Social Media Links –  

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KerryKayaAuthor

Twitter https://twitter.com/KerryKayaWriter on Twitter

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kerry_kaya_writer/ on Instagram

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#BlogTour: Shame by Elizabeth Forbes @lizzieforbes @RandomTTours #Shame

 

Shame by Elizabeth Forbes was independently published on 30th May 2021. My thanks to the author for the review copy and Anne Cater of Random Things Tours for the blog tour invitation. 

George and Martha have things they’d rather keep hidden from each other: private thoughts, desires and secrets which, if discovered, could cause untold shame. But to an outsider they appear to have a happy, contented and conventional family life. At their twins’ Fred and Delilah’s twenty-first birthday party events conspire to uncover disturbing emotional connections, and threaten to reveal a past that has long been concealed.Soon after, a holiday designed to repair the damage exposes further rifts that could spread beyond the family and possibly change their futures forever. As a GP, Martha is used to helping her patients mend physically and mentally, but can she do the same for her husband and children, or will the ensuing damage leave wounds that will never heal?

 

My Thoughts: 

I am just going to start by saying that Elizabeth Forbes is one of my favourite authors. Her writing is intelligent and consistent and always leaves me scratching my head and with my thoughts and expectations of people in tatters. 

I have reviewed the authors previous books, Nearest Thing to Crazy and Who Are You? You can read my reviews by clicking on the titles. 

 

The author has really excelled herself with Shame. If you are expecting something with the pace of a steam train then this might not be the book for you. It is however an exploration of a marriage and how it is possible for everything to slowly unravel, particularly when you start to peel back the layers and start to put people under a microscope.

 

George and Martha have been married a long time. On the outside everyone would say they are the perfect couple but just lately Martha has been feeling like her and George and drifting apart. She feels dissatisfied and under appreciated. 

 

She even feels distanced from her grown up children, especially Delilah. So when their 21st birthday is coming around perhaps it is a chance for Martha to bond with her children and husband. Things are complicated as they always are and it transpires that the kids 21st is to be organised by Georges Brother and Sister in Law.  This is due to family history that means George and his brother live very different lives. 

 

The party and a family holiday is the catalyst really for events going forward and slow unfolding of a truck full of family secrets, lies and shame. The reader is drip fed little morsels here and there and I must admit I was shocked at the full scale of the cover ups etc that were involved. 

 

What I love about Elizabeth Forbes is the depth with which she writes her flawed characters and the unapologetic way the readers loyalty is challenged. I constantly flitted between agreeing with more than one character or the other. In families and love there are no sides only people. 

 

I will read everything this author writes. If you were to push me I would probably say that Shame is my favourite one so far. Beautiful writing and an accomplished plot that got right underneath my skin and as always left me wanting more when the final page turned. 

 

Definitely not to be missed. 

 

About the Author:  

Elizabeth Forbes was born and raised on the Isle of Wight and now lives in Herefordshire with her husband, two dogs and two hens. She published three romantic thrillers under the name Elizabeth Harrington: The Corporate Wife, Making Up and Daddy Darling. She then took a break from writing and enrolled with the Open University to study for a degree in Literature. She completed her BA with First Class Honours, and also achieved the OU's Diploma in Creative Writing. Her first psychological suspense novel, Nearest Thing to Crazy, was published by Cutting Edge Press in 2013. BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and the Mail Online featured the novel because of its gaslighting subject matter. It was a bestseller in Amazon UK's psychological thriller charts. Her second novel published by Cutting Edge Press in 2014 was Who Are You? which is a dark and twisty tale focussing on the stormy marriage of two people affected by PTSD and childhood trauma. Elizabeth has recently re-published these novels independently with Amazon KDP.

 You can find the author on Twitter: @lizzieforbes

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#BlogTour In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced by Justine Bothwick @Bothwick_Cro @AgoraBookLDN #APeacockDanced

 

In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced is published by Agora Books on 24th June 2021. My thanks to the publisher for the review copy and the blog tour invitation. 

 

Agra, 1938: Eighteen-year-old Florence Hunt has grown up riding horses past the Taj Mahal and chasing peacocks through her backyard under the critical gaze of her father. Increasingly enamoured with his work on the booming railway, Florence yearns to know more, but finds herself brushed away, encouraged only to perform the more ladylike hobbies of singing and entertaining guests. So when a dazzling young engineer walks into her life, she finds herself not only gripped by secret lessons in physics but swept entirely off her feet.

Portsmouth, 1953: Fifteen years later, Florence finds herself pregnant and alone in post-war England – a far cry from her sun-drenched existence in India. Struggling to cope with the bleakness of everyday life in a male-dominated world, Florence is desperate to find the woman she used to be. But when someone from her past reaches out, Florence might just have a chance to start over.

Soaring from the shimmering heights of the big top to the depths of heartbreak, can Florence find the happiness, independence, and passion she once had in order to start living again?

Set against the lush backdrop of early 20th-century India, In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced – the debut novel from Justine Bothwick – is the moving story of one woman’s journey back to herself.

 

My Thoughts: 

I just want to start by saying everything about In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced drew me in. Initially that gorgeous cover and the title that initally sparks the readers interest. This book is the richly drawn and immersive story of Florence Hunt. The reader gets to meet Florence in 1938 Agra and again in Portsmouth in 1953 in this dual timeline story that captured my imagination. 

When we met Florence at 18 years old she is living in Agra with her Father it is 1938. The backdrop is sumptuous, there are parties, horse riding and on the surface what would be described as a life of privilege. Florence loves to spend time adoring the peacocks in the yard. Florence however longs for something more. She is unhappy with her father and feels stifled and unappreciated. Her father at times was mean and cruel and often belittled Florence. Florence wants to better herself and learn. She is interested in Science and Engineering but these are perceived to be interests that are only pursued by men. Florence's father feels that she would be more suited to womanly pastimes such as singing. She has spent a lot of time around the railway where her father works and she is interested in the workings but as it transpires her interest is also piqued by a young man there who seems to be perfect and full of promise.... 

Fast forward fifteen years and it is now 1953 Florence has left Agra behind and now lives in Portsmouth. We meet her here when she is pregnant. It was so interesting the way that even though in a different time and place Florence is still unhappy and constrained by males. So, is a chance meeting with the past going to lead to the future for Florence and is she ever going to see those peacocks dance again. 

Florence is such a wonderfully written character I really felt for her and hoped for a good outcome for her story. I wanted for her to be able to exactly what she wanted to do rather than having to pander to all of those around her. 

Both timelines worked wonderfully and the history was woven in seamlessly. A rich and evocative portrayal of the life of a woman who just wants to do more and to be more. The writing her is wonderful and the plot memorable. 

A really beautiful book inside and outside.

About the Author: 

Justine Bothwick grew up in Kent and Hampshire, and studied in London. In 2005, she moved to Italy and now teaches English in an international secondary school in Rome. She is married to a Roman architect. Together they have a flat in the city with a small balcony on which she grows her ever expanding collection of plants and watches the local birdlife.
Justine is a graduate of the Manchester Writing School’s Creative Writing MA programme and has short stories published in Fictive Dream, Virtual Zine, Confingo Magazine, and forthcoming in The Lonely Crowd, and with Nightjar Press.
In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced is her debut novel.

You can follow on Twitter: @Bothwick_Cro

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#BlogTour This Much Huxley Knows by Gail Aldwin @gailaldwin @brwpublisher #ThisMuchHuxleyKnows

 

This Much Huxley Know by Gail Aldwin is published by Black Rose Writing on 8th July 2021. My thanks to the author for the review copy and the blog tour invitation. 

 

 I’m seven years old and I’ve never had a best mate. Trouble is, no one gets my jokes. And Breaks-it isn’t helping. Ha! You get it, don’t you? Brexit means everyone’s falling out and breaking up.

Huxley is growing up in the suburbs of London at a time of community tensions. To make matters worse, a gang of youths is targeting isolated residents. When Leonard, an elderly newcomer chats with Huxley, his parents are suspicious. But Huxley is lonely and thinks Leonard is too. Can they become friends?

Funny and compassionate, this contemporary novel for adults explores issues of belonging, friendship and what it means to trust.

'Read this and feel young again’ ­– Joe Siple, author of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

‘Moving and ultimately upbeat’ – Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did

‘A joyous novel with the wonderfully exuberant character of Huxley’ – Sara Gethin, author of Not Thomas

 

Pre-order Links: AmazonUS, AmazonUK, Barnes and Noble, HiveUK, Book Depository

My Thoughts: 

This Much Huxley Knows is a story told from the perspective of Huxley. A pretty remarkable 7 year and one that captured me hook, line and sinker through this remarkable and enriching story. Telling the story from the perspective of Huxley was a great choice by the author. Huxley begged to be listened too. 

This book highlights a great many themes but through the eyes and innocence of a 7 year old. Huxley looks at the world with joy and wonder and the reader can't help but go along with it. The author tackles social biases, bullying and right and wrong and all of the other things that go along with adulthood.  The innocence of Huxley wanting to make friends with Leonard who seems lonely on his mobility scooter was a particularly memorable event.

I loved the way Huxley's imagination was abundant and his lust for life effervescent. He was intelligent, inquistive and his voice shone through loud and clear. Some of the ways that he understands words said by adults also had me chuckling away to myself. 

Gail Aldwin is a superb writer and I will remember Huxley for a very long time. This is a wonderful perspective of the innocence of childhood offset against some of the truths of adulthood and the darker connotations. She has managed to create a book that is not only thought provoking but also heart warming.

About the Author: 

Novelist, poet and scriptwriter, Gail Aldwin’s debut coming-of-age novel The String Games was a finalist in The People’s Book Prize and the DLF Writing Prize 2020. Following a stint as a university lecturer, Gail’s children’s picture book Pandemonium was published. Gail loves to appear at national and international literary and fringe festivals. Prior to Covid-19, she volunteered at Bidibidi in Uganda, the second largest refugee settlement in the world. When she’s not gallivanting around, Gail writes at her home overlooking water meadows in Dorset. 

Twitter:            https://twitter.com/gailaldwin 

Facebook:       https://www.facebook.com/gailaldwinwriter/

Blog:                https://gailaldwin.com

 

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