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Welcome to Essex
After two lockdown moves and much toddlerish impatience on my part, The Talk of Pram Town is officially published today (yes I know some of you already have yours, but only fancy pants writers / spies get actual embargoes, and … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 1980s, Essex, Essex Girl, Harlow, Joanna Nadin, Mantle Books, royal wedding, women's fiction
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Sneak read of The Talk of Pram Town
The Talk of Pram Town is published TOMORROW! (does merry dance) But in case you wanted to quality check contents / spy / be generally a bit beaky (who doesn’t?) then here, for your delight, is the prologue. And if … Continue reading
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And another one…
2020-2021 is a busy book year for me, but this one is a biggie. Second adult novel, set in Essex in 1981 and featuring Grifter bikes, Charles and Di, Panda Pops, a Welsh Elvis impersonator, a fake Marc Bolan, and … Continue reading
Posted in 1970s, 1980s, creative writing, Fiction, love, Uncategorized, women's fiction
Tagged 1969, 1980s, 1981, Essex, Harlow, Joanna Nadin, new towns, royal wedding, The Queen of Bloody Everything, women's fiction
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