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Patricia Harper
Patricia Harper lives in Worcestershire in the UK with her husband Tony. She has two children, David and Debbie, a daughter in law, Wendy, and two grandchildren, Sarah and Emma. She has had about forty short stories and articles published in British National Newspapers and Magazines, including London Evening News, Sunday Post, Birmingham Evening Mail, Competitors Journal, She, The Writer, and various D.C.Thomson magazines. She was an Associate member of the Society Of Authors, and Radiowriters Association. Three of her short stories have been broadcast by the BBC. They were "Love on the 69 Bus", read by the late Edgar Harrison who was Dan Archer in the long running British radio serial, "The Archers". Then followed "Swansong", read by Richard Pasco of the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon, and after that, "Plain and Fancy", read by Dora Bryan the actress who has starred in "Carry On Sergeant" and other movies. All three were produced at Pebble Mill in Birmingham by David Shute. She has won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in various literary competitions One in the Birmingham Evening Mail was judged by the famous novelist, the late Barbara Cartland, to be "well written". Although she has had some success with short stories these are her first novels to be published. She is currently editing four others, which will be available through Lulu in due course. At present, "GUILT TRIP" "A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE" and "SILLY LILY" are currently available here on Lulu. Search on bookbutler for lowest prices on "GUILT TRIP" with on-line book sellers, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Tesco's etc. A further selection of pages from "GUILT TRIP" can be found by going to Book Search on Google
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GUILT TRIP
A reproachful look from a famine victim sends divorcee Susan Clayfield on a "Guilt Trip" which will lead towards the loss of her job, her health and her home as she struggles to help her various charities, mainly for African victims of famine. Her work has suffered and she has been given three months to improve her appearance and general performance at EPITOME, the Insurance Company she works for. She has been moved from Customer Services to Accounts where she will work under the eccentric Mark Farriday. A bizarre trip to Italy with her new boss brings about a tour of Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii, and Mount Vesuvius. After an accident they are forced to spend a night on the volcano, and Susan realises her feelings have grown towards him. But he is besotted with Sally, a tart with muscular thighs. Back home, Susan's debts have spiralled out of control and her home is now at risk. Can she pull back from the brink to save it?
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A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Sarah Morgan arrives on her estranged husband Kevin's doorstep pregnant and homeless, asking him to give her temporary shelter while she finds a roof over her head. Her lover has deserted her and she is desperate. At first he refuses, but says if she would be prepared to work for nothing he would let her and the baby live rent-free over the shop he is opening. The shop is in a seedy, run down part of the city with a high level of immigration, and they are beset by serious problems due to the decay and poor state of the premises. Sarah is terrified of living over the shop with Emily, her daughter, but has nowhere to go. She is very much demeaned by Kevin's new love Julie, but initially helped by Robert, the son of a local electrician. After a seance over the shop one night, a supernatural presence brings terror to Sarah. Stress and squalor eventually take their toll on her health and she is driven to the edge of a breakdown. Will no one come to help her, and will Emily be taken into care?
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SILLY LILY
Growing up after a war, Lillian, or "SILLY LILY," as the other kids call her, is not allowed to mix with the other kids as her mother thinks they are "common," until one day her father falls seriously ill, and in a situation where there is no one to take care of her she is allowed to enter the homes of two other girls, and starts to learn about life.
Although the book starts in childhood, it continues on into her life, first job, first boyfriend, and her difficulty in equating the romantic stuff of books with the basic, more normal facts of life. She loves, then loses for a time, a man as awkward as herself, but gets a second chance at happiness.
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