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Book Review “The Beginner’s Goodbye” by Anne Tyler
If there’s one thing Anne Tyler does exceptionally well it’s to write with a “voice”. “The strangest thing about my wife’s return from the dead,” the book begins, “was how other people reacted.” Instantly we feel we know this person. The style is conversational, intimate. It’s as if he’s right here in the room chatting to us. “We were strolling through Belvedere Square,” he continues, “When we met our old next-door neighbour.” It’s...Read More
Tyler at her best
Tyler at her best
Review of “The Ladder of Years” by Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler is one of my favourite authors. She has a way of getting under her protagonists’ skins like no one else I know. We scarcely need a physical description, we know these people inside and out, know what makes them tick, practically know when they clean their teeth and what they like for breakfast.
From the start I could tell “The Ladder of Years” wasn’t written...
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Ten Ten till we do it again
Ten Ten till we do it again
I was very excited, and more than a little nervous, when I was invited to talk on our local radio station 10 Radio. The programme, “Talking Books” is presented by Suzie Grogan as part of the Friday morning Community Radio session. 10 Radio started in 2004 when a small group of local residents with an interest in community development read about community radio in Manchester and thought "wouldn't it be great to do it in rural Somerset...Read More
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Bethany Askew is the author of eight novels:
The Time Before, The World Within, Out of Step, Counting the Days, Poppy’s Seed, Three Extraordinary Years,The Two Saras and I know you, Don’t I?
She has also written a short story, The Night of the Storm, and she writes poetry.
Two more women’s fiction books have been accepted for publication in 2020 and 2021 respectively and she is currently working on a new novel.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, music, theatre, walking, Pilates, dancing and voluntary work.
Bethany is married and lives in Somerset.
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