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Sophie Ratcliffe

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Memoir, Biography, Fiction

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I write biography, fiction, memoir, criticism - and things that are a mixture of all three. You can follow me on twitter at @soratcli or on instagram @sophieratcliffeauthor

My latest book Loss, A Love Story will be out in the USA in April of this year. It came out in the UK under the title, The Lost Properties of Love.

Here's a bit about it:

A journey with the novels that shape our emotions, our romances, and ourselves

Part memoir, part imagined history, this unique personal essay depicts the intimate experience of childhood bereavement, lost love affairs, and the complicated realities of motherhood and marriage. Framed by an extended train journey, author Sophie Ratcliffe turns to the novels, novelists, and heroines who have shaped her emotio ...more

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Average rating: 3.86 · 672 ratings · 111 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Stressed, Unstressed: Classic Poems to Ease the Mind by Jonathan Bate (Editor), Paula Byrne (Editor), Sophie Ratcliffe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.89 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters by P.G. Wodehouse, Sophie Ratcliffe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loss, A Love Story: Imagined Histories and Brief Encounters 3.58 avg rating — 204 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Sympathy (Oxford English Monographs) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Connell Short Gd S Becketts Wait Godo 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Properties of Love by Sophie Ratcliffe (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hutchinson A Life in Letters 50th Anniversary Edition. by P.G. Wodehouse, Sophie Ratcliffe (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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