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Ritu Bhathal

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Ritu Bhathal was born in Birmingham in the mid-1970's to migrant parents, hailing from Kenya but with Indian origin. This colourful background has been a constant source of inspiration to her.
From childhood, she always enjoyed reading. This love of books is mostly credited to her mother.
The joy of reading spurred her on to become creative in her own writing, from fiction to poetry.
Winning little writing competitions at school and locally gave her the encouragement to continue writing.
As a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and teacher, she has drawn on inspiration from many avenues to create the poems that she writes.
A qualified teacher, having studied at Kingston University, she now deals with classes of children as a sideline to her writing! ...more

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	Marriage Unarranged (Rishtay Series, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Straight As A Jalebi (Rishtay Series, #2) 4.60 avg rating — 82 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
	In God's Hands: The Rishtay Series: Book 3. (The Rishtay Series.) 4.81 avg rating — 27 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
	This Is Lockdown by M.J. Mallon (Goodreads Author), D.G. Kaye (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sally Cronin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.95 avg rating — 20 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
	Poetic RITUals 4.74 avg rating — 19 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
	Silent Tears: A Female led Charity Anthology on the cultural struggles of women worldwide. by Faiqa Mansab (Goodreads Author), Eva Verde (Goodreads Author), Lucy V. Hay 4.70 avg rating — 10 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

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I caught up with the Ever After Street crew in this sixth installment of Jaimie Admans series, and it was another corker of a story. Grumpy sunshine at work here, as L fights W who arrives at her wonderful museum, dedicated to Disney Fairytales, with ...more
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The sixth and final (so far) instalment of the Nell Ward series, and it indeed finished with a bang! This time, we are a little while away from the last book, as Nell and Ra's rewilding experiment has gained traction and a huge social media following ...more
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The fifth book in the Nell Ward series, and I have listened to it as avidly as the previous ones. The story takes us to the Emerald Isles as Nell's mother's security detail, Connor, is due to wed one of Nell's dear friends. Nell is there with her wheel ...more
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