Out & About July 2017

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JUNE AUTHOR EVENTS
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June 15th: A Secret Sisterhood:
The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte,
Eliot & Woolf
Using (some previously unpublished) letters and diaries
Emily Midorikawa & Emma Claire Sweeney ressurect
four literary collaborations, which were sometimes illicit,
scandalous and volatile.
Tickets £6
(includes a glass of wine and £5 off the book)
7.30pm in Hungerford Town Hall
June 30th: A New Map of Love
Abi Oliver talks about her novel - a beguiling, warm-
hearted story of country antique dealer George Baxter’s
search for love.
Perfect for fans of ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’.
Tickets £5
(includes a glass of wine and £3 off the book on the night)
7.30pm in the Bookshop.
June 20th: An Otter’s Tale
‘Life of a Chalkstream’ author, Simon Cooper, interweaves
the personal story of the female Otter, Kuschta, with the
natural history of the Otter in the British Isles.
Tickets £5
(includes a glass of wine and £3 off the book on the night)
7.30pm Hungerford Bookshop
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All’swell that endswell.
From thebeginningwe
know thatTrudySmith
has an amazingdaughter
and apassion for life.
Remembering thismakes
it easier to readof the
trials, injustices and
abuses shewent through
inher life.
Andyetmypast still
weighedheavily and
draggedmedown…
andkeptme there,
because itwasnever far
away.
Smith allows the reader tomeanderwithher through
her life against abackdropof theSouthAfricanveldwith
colourful imagery anddescriptiveprowess.We allhave
somuch to learn,notonly fromourownpast,but from
the livesofothers.To take comfort and strength from the
success andhappinessof thosewhohave struggled and
won.Herdebutnovel is a reflective lookbackoverher life
inSouthAfrica. It still resonates todayon apersonal and
global level.There is something for everyone to take away
fromSmith’sdebutnovel.
Biography:
Trudy Smith was born in Pretoria and lived the majority of her life
in South Africa. In this, her first novel of a trilogy, Smith paints a
portraitof life inSouthAfrica in the1970s.As readerswe canpicture
the landscapeandalmosthear thewildlifeasweare transportedback
to a different time and place, into Trudy’s childhood and early life.
Now living in London, Smith is retired from a career in the cosmetic
industry, and has time to reflect on a life filledwithuncertainty and
self-doubt. There is something for everyone to take away from this
thought-provokingand evocativedebutnovel.
186pages, ISBN978-3-99048-805-8
£13.30
Finding Love on a Farm
Trudy Smith
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“I lived in Newbury for about
ten years and thoroughly
enjoyed walking in the
countryside and along the river.
I was so fascinated that it went
through the town and couldn’t
resist feeding the swans and
ducks. Retirement came around
suddenly, and it was then that
I decided to gather all my
thoughts I’d stored for a lifetime
and write my memoirs.”
Trudy’sbook ‘FindingLoveonaFarm’isavailable
fromAmazonandwww
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