Interview with Lesley Atherton about Past Present Tense (now published as 'Life's a Mess')
A: This book is about hoarding and nastiness as well as being about family and relationships. It's an obvious question, but why on earth wo
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Transcript of Lesley Atherton interview by Grace Sachs 13th February 2019
G: My first question for you is a very simple one, and you must get sick of answering it. Why would anyone want to write? It
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Photographic Studio
Photographic studio
Child and mother? Or sister and brother?
A photographic studio, in best clothes, matching mustard and apple green?
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Boundaries - the Philpotts
Mick and Mairead Philpott made a terrible decision a few years back: to set a fire in their overcrowded home and to subsequently blame Lisa
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Review of 'Poetic Desire' by Jackie Hutchinson
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It's a Gamble
Who’s to say why you’re so easily misled and discouraged? There’s no point asking because you won’t answer. It isn’t that you have
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'Past Present Tense' (Life's a Mess) - Brilliant Review Comments
Comments from a reader of 'Past Present Tense' (now known as Life's a Mess... and Then You Die!
"Good pace. Takes its time to reflect in
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Review of 'Tales from the Plots' by David Jackson
The book begins with the statement “These stories of allotment life draw on the author’s own experiences as an allotment gardener of over 30
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The New Rumplestiltskin
Graham twitched awake and immediately found himself not only bound and gagged, but in deep confusion about how he’d ended up in that state.
Lesley Atherton
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The Mystery of Teenage Girls
‘He looks like Justin Bieber. Or that YouTuber that all the year 10 girls like - you know, that Dutch guy Henri…’
‘Oh yeah. Henri. He’s
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Just Keep Breathing
‘Just keep breathing,’ he said.
‘You’ll be alright,’ he said.
‘I’ve got you,’ he said.
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The Fabtastic Four
I’ve loved them with every cell of my being for more than forty years.
Ever since I heard the Beatles on the radio. Ever since those first
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The Question
It’s fair enough, as questions go. All the more so because I’ve been asked it all my adult life.
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Migraine Breaks all the Rules
Migraine breaks all the rules...
My eyes cling to the inside of their sockets with gritty and excruciating agonies, as my fingertips tentati
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Review of 'Light Reading Stories, Vol 2' by Peter McGeehan
I have heard Peter McGeehan read his work in person on a great many occasions, and his touching and humorous short stories are always w
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The Labours of Layla
Layla was always hard at work, but don’t think for one moment that this simple fact was enough to satisfy her family’s demands when it came
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Review of 'Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play' by Mark Foister
I love books like this. They basically buy into what I’ve always felt - that work and play are seriously allied. Work is best when seen as
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Review of 'Get Rich Blogging' (by Zoe Griffin from 'Live Like a VIP'
‘Get Rich Blogging’ by Zoe Griffin is a chunky paperback book by a Sunday Mirror former showbiz gossip columnist which is touted as the only
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The Too-Small House
‘But I don’t want to move. I like it here.’
‘No you don’t.’
‘I do. I always have.’
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The Cat in the Hat (with a Rat and a Bat)
A poem written by my little lad when he was only about six. I love it! The cat in the hat Was eating a rat Whilst looking at beautiful...
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