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Christine Webber

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Contemporary, Fiction, Self Help

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Christine Webber originally trained as an opera singer but had to re-think her career plans when her voice professor commented: ‘Your voice is ok, but your legs are very much better!’
Musical theatre beckoned. There was some success. But not much.
However, eventually, in 1978, she became a news presenter for Anglia TV. At last she had found something she enjoyed that other people thought she was good at. It was such a relief that she stayed for 12 very happy years. Towards the end of that period, her first novel, In Honour Bound, was published.
Next, she became an agony aunt for various publications including TV Times, Best, Dare and BBC Parenting. She also wrote a column for the Scotsman and one for Woman called Sexplanations.
During he ...more

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Christine Webber I am sticking with mid-life people and their problems with my next novel, which is called 'It's Who We Are'. It will come out in January. It's about a…moreI am sticking with mid-life people and their problems with my next novel, which is called 'It's Who We Are'. It will come out in January. It's about all the changes that happen to us mid-life set against the very real turbulence in the world at the present time. Most of us expected to find our mid to later life quite settled and predictable. Nothing could be further from the truth! (less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Christine Webber I was invited on to BBC Breakfast one morning back in about 2010 to talk about a new acronym that the Dept for Work and Pensions had devised. It was S…moreI was invited on to BBC Breakfast one morning back in about 2010 to talk about a new acronym that the Dept for Work and Pensions had devised. It was SWOFTY - which, I learned, stood for Single Women Over Fifty. The Dept was worried that this group were all out having a wonderful time and not saving for the future! This got me thinking about how different people in mid-life are today compared with a couple of generations ago. At the time I had just written a non-fiction book called 'Too Young to Get Old' (Piatkus) for mid-life women - all about how to age very differently from how our parents did. So I was thinking of writing more for this age group - and decided I'd sooner write a novel than more non-fiction. The Swofty concept kept bubbling into my mind, and that's how 'Who'd Have Thought It? came to be started. (less)

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Average rating: 3.92 · 78 ratings · 26 reviews · 7 distinct works

	who'd who'd have thought it 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Get the Happiness Habit 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 3 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
	It's Who We Are 4.27 avg rating — 15 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
	How to Mend a Broken Heart 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Get the Self-Esteem Habit liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Too Young to Get Old: The Baby Boomers' Guide to Living Life to the Full liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Help Yourself Get the Happiness Habit : How You Can Choose Your Steps to a Happy Life 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2001	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