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I've been making up stories for as long as I can remember. My first novel ONE NIGHT AT THE JACARANDA, in which a motley group of Londoners look for love, was described by The Sun newspaper as 'a blinder of a tale.'

HAMPSTEAD FEVER tells the story of six intertwined lives one hot summer as emotions reach boiling point. Think ‘Love, Actually’, but in a heatwave.

Now you can also read THE GIRLS FROM ALEXANDRIA, my historical novel set in Egypt. It's the frank and sometimes funny story of a woman searching for her missing sister, her lost memory, and her family origins.

In my other life, I'm a family doctor and the author of a string of health books. ...more

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	Johnson's Mother and Baby by Carol Cooper (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katy Holland 4.41 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2003 — 14 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
	Twins & Multiple Births: The Essential Parenting Guide from Pregnancy to Adulthood 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1997 — 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
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	Baby Milestones: What to Expect and How to Stimulate Your Childs Development from 0-3 Years 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2006 — 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
	The Baby and Child Question and Answer Book 3.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2000 — 12 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
	Twins by Carol Cooper (Goodreads Author), Katy Hymas 3.17 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Your Clever Baby 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007 — 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

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The heart is unique. Limbs can relax. Even the brain can rest sometimes. The heart cannot. It beats on average once a second, or nearly three billion times in a person’s lifetime. Of course, lungs are vital organs too. Like the heart, their movement is obvious even to a casual observer. But there are two of them, and they hardly carry the same significance. Has any poet ever pledged his lungs to h

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