Libby Purves

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Libby Purves


Born
in Londom, The United Kingdom
February 02, 1950


Libby Purves is a journalist and author who has been writing for The Times since 1982. A previous columnist of the year and author of 12 novels and non-fiction books, she was for 40 years a BBC Radio 4 broadcaster after becoming the Today programme’s first woman and youngest presenter.

Average rating: 3.95 · 13,817 ratings · 788 reviews · 72 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Long Walk in Wintertime

3.95 avg rating — 348 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
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Home Leave

4.06 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions
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Regatta

4.10 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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A Free Woman

4.10 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2001 — 10 editions
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Acting Up

3.85 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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Casting Off

3.70 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions
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How Not to Be a Perfect Mother

3.53 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1986 — 7 editions
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Passing Go

3.88 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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Continental Drift

3.77 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
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Mother Country

3.91 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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“Approaching human life from the neutral sea was beginning to make me more appreciative.”
Libby Purves, One Summer's Grace



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