Author:Sheila Norton
PART THREE of a serialised novel - a charming and romantic story about living the simple life and the joy of animals.
Emma Nightingale finds she’s accidentally becoming something of a local celebrity in the small town of Crickleford, and it seems that everyone wants her to look after their pets.
While looking after a hamster, she accidentally uncovers a mystery that threatens to draw even more attention to her. With nowhere to turn, soon Emma will have to make a decision that could cost her everything…
Note: this is part three of a four-part serialised novel.
Praise for Trisha Ashley
—— :One of the best writers around
—— Katie FfordeFull of down-to-earth humour
—— Sophie KinsellaFast-paced and seriously witty
—— The LadyA warm-hearted and comforting read
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—— The TimesFresh and funny
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—— Linda's Book BagPraise for Isabelle Broom
—— -We loved it!
—— CloserWarning: you will shed tears and end up booking a trip!
—— PrimaPrepare for tears and laughter
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—— Cathy KellyA lovely, absorbing novel, full of beauty and mystery
—— Kate EberlenSo evocative you can practically smell the paella and sangria
—— CloserMore than a book about sport it is a book about a young man struggling to find his groove in the rough and tumble of fairly unforgiving, male society.
—— Liam Heylin , Irish ExaminerIn A Natural, Raisin delves into the life of a lower league English football team – a subject never covered before, as far as I know, in literary fiction. Perhaps it doesn’t sound an immediately appealing prospect. But he makes it wholly absorbing.
—— Theo Tait , London Review of Books[A] gripping, well-written and moving story, which should interest anyone curious about enclosed worlds and hidden lives… Raisin captures both the sweat and the glory of football. He has mastered the register of manager-speak, with its urgently shouted clichés, and the earnest banter on fans’ messaging boards.
—— Sameer Rahim , ProspectA Natural makes a conceptual leap that most old-style football fiction laboured to achieve: in the end its characters are as important as the milieu that tethers them and what emerges is an exceptionally good novel, which just happens to take place on a football pitch.
—— DJ Taylor , GuardianRaisin provides an authentic portrayal of life in the lower divisions both on and off the pitch. The fine details are present in the pre-match nerves in the changing rooms, the neatly laid out kit and the smell of Deep Heat, but it is the unchecked laddishness, the fake camaraderie and the close scrutiny from supporters on social media that Raisin wants us to feel… This is a rare novel about the challenge of being a gay professional footballer and hopefully it will go some way to help changing perceptions in a sport that has still got a very long way to go.
—— Ian Aspinall , Late TackleRoss Raisin’s book about a gay footballer, demands about 200 pages of patience, but you won’t regret it. In the vertiginous second half of this rich, wise study of masculinity, Raisin demonstrates with extraordinary sensitivity how difficult it can be to attain E.M. Forster’s dictum, “Only connect!”
—— Claire Lowdon , Times Literary SupplementThe virtue of devastatingly simple storytelling was also felt in Ross Raisin’s A Natural…one of my favourite novels of the year, about a gay footballer hiding an affair with the groundsman at his struggling lower-league team.
—— Anthony Cummins , Daily TelegraphA deeply moving portrait of fear and acceptance.
—— John Boyne , Irish IndependentThis seems like one of those books designed to fold straightaway into contemporary liberal conversation.
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—— Daily MailPraise for Marian Keyes
—— -Gloriously funny
—— The Sunday TimesFunny but poignant
—— Marie ClaireA total triumph
—— Daily MailNot only is it a great story with funny, loveable characters, it made me laugh out loud
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—— Daily MailA tender, funny and hopeful look at love, grief and life. Bumper box of tissues required
—— StylistA beautiful read
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—— Good HousekeepingA laugh-out-loud, rollicking good read and a very touching love story
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—— ElleA delight
—— The Daily MirrorA sparkling novel of hope and sacrifice’
—— Glasgow HeraldMagical, heart-warming and time-bending story.
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