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Andrew Cheffings

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Andrew Cheffings was born on a small working farm on the Lincolnshire Marsh. But the local small farming culture he was born into was gradually coming to an end after a long decline following the Enclosures, almost two centuries before. His Grandfather still spoke N. Lincolnshire dialect and had a store of stories, aurally transmitted through the generations. Evenings with him were often spent enjoying these stories and those of his Grandmother, who had written a few down decades earlier and sent them to the ‘Farmers’ Weekly’ who published them in their magazine during the second world war.

Life on the farm had its difficulties. And Andrew’s father remembered a time when every winter was spent digging long trenches by hand, right across the
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“Music became the only place where their silence could finally speak.”

In my novel ‘Green Twining’ Joe, Sean, Tim and David hide their inner lives beneath a veneer of ‘normality’. It is music which sets them free, allows chinks to open in their armour and a little light to shine out: the light of hidden, forbidden love. And this light can be as surprising to the person emitting it as to those who feel its warmth, hidden within the walls of the music room.

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I wasn't keen on all the trapping and hunting of wild creatures in the first part of the book, especially as the main characters were tourists rather than people of the local culture. It was a bit too much of the 'colonial eye' for me. But I adored t ...more
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"I really enjoyed how this story took its time with the characters. Joe and David's relationship felt believable because it developed gradually instead of being rushed. The historical setting during the AIDS crisis added emotional weight without makin" Read more of this review »
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My first time reading Le Petit Prince in French. Lovely to see the poetry of the original language. Also, it made me realise what a strange story this is...
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Content: 9/10
Cover: 4/5

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