Eighteen, it’s a dangerous age when you have to cut your way into life.
Ballet isn’t an ordinary career for Elaine, more a magnificent obsession. Possessed by ambition, she sees everything she craves in the exquisite Beverley Soames. Watching, imitating, borrowing. To stalk in pursuit of an image. There’s no threat in that, is there?
Top 3 finalist in the Beryl Bainbridge Award:
Peoples Book Prize.
‘Hard edged, striking and truthful.’
Julian Rathbone
‘A great gift for portraying the agonies and ecstasies of adolescence… a rare talent…’
Frederick E Smith
‘Wonderfully spiked with bitchiness.’
Graham Hurley
ISBN 978-0-9535123-6-2
GB £10.99
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THE LIGHTS OF LEICESTER SQUARE – The Golden Years of Cinema 1967 to 1976
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GRANDPA’S DEAR OLD GIRL written by Felicity Fair Thompson and illustrated by Carolyn Pavey
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Published by Beachy Books
£7.99 from your favourite book seller
Now his lighthouse is being automated, what will Millie’s Grandpa do? But an automated lighthouse can’t remember how wild big storms can be…
‘A wonderful story full of warmth and drama for all ages with lovely illustrations. Unputdownable and a must for a television production!’ says Michelle Magorian, author of Goodnight Mister Tom
‘Like all the best stories for children Grandpa’s Dear Old Girl conveys a valuable message, relevant for kids and adults alike – a little gem – reading it to your children or grandchildren will be a delight,’ says Gill Kaye, Editor of Ingenue Magazine
‘Evocative and nostalgic, a tender exploration of family, our ever-changing world and the enduring power of the sea. The perfect book to read snuggled up by the fire with your child or grandchild!’ says Daisy Coulham, film and TV writer/creator – Deadwater Fell and Granchester.
‘Enhanced with beautiful drawings, Grandpa’s Dear Old Girl is an exciting, fascinating and moving story of lighthouses, their keepers – where they still exist – and the work they do,’ says Writing and Editing Consultant Garry Sutton, whose great grandfather worked for the Irish lighthouse service as an inspector.
‘I was absolutely charmed by this story and felt quite emotional at the end,’ says Lesley Myland secretary of the IOW RNLI Board.
