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Laura Marney

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Laura Marney


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The author of four novels and numerous short stories, Laura Marney is a member of the Glasgow G7 group of writers (Alan Bissett, Nick Brookes, Rodge Glass, Laura Marney, Alison Miller, Zoë Strachan and Louise Welsh).

Born and brought up in Glasgow, Marney co-founded a theatre group there. Since "nobody else could be bothered", she also began writing scripts for the company.

Marney is a graduate of the MLitt course in Creative Writing at Glasgow University, and now teaches there. Her writing has been described as both black humour and chick-lit. She also writes for radio. ...more

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Average rating: 3.35 · 774 ratings · 66 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors
No Wonder I Take a Drink
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Nobody Loves a Ginger Baby
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Only Strange People go to C...
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For Faughie's Sake
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My Best Friend Has Issues
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“No matter who you are or where you are, instinct tells you to go home”
― Laura Marney, No Wonder I Take a Drink
tags: choice, coming-home, happiness, home
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“...I'd come home but nearly everybody does. It's the ones that don't go home that I feel sorry for, they're not happy.”
― Laura Marney, No Wonder I Take a Drink
tags: coming-home, happiness, home
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“An hour later and a faint movement caught my eye. Mum was weakly flapping her hand, beckoning me to her. I had no idea how long she had been trying to attract my attention. As I bent over to catch her last words she whispered, ‘turn that bloody music off”
― Laura Marney, No Wonder I Take a Drink
tags: humour, scottish
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