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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 · 14,631 ratings · 846 reviews · 74 distinct works • Similar authors
A Long Walk in Wintertime

3.95 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
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Home Leave

4.07 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions
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Regatta

4.09 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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A Free Woman

4.10 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions
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Acting Up

3.83 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions
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Casting Off

3.70 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions
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How Not to Be a Perfect Mother

3.54 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1986 — 26 editions
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Passing Go

3.89 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions
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Continental Drift

3.76 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
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Shadow Child

3.95 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2009 — 9 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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