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Elizabeth Lancaster

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Born

Sydney, Australia

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https://www.elizabethlancaster.com.au

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Memoir, Biography, Nonfiction

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January 2019

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Elizabeth is a Sydney-based author. She began her working life as an occupational therapist but changed direction after attending a writing course in New York City, while living there with her husband and two children. After a shock diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, writing would provide a lifeline.

Elizabeth’s first book, Marzipan and Magnolias, depicting her complex relationship with her idiosyncratic mother, and the onset of MS, won the inaugural Finch Memoir Prize.

Her second book, Bounty: A Memoir of Friendship, MS and the Dog That Changed Everything, takes her story in an unexpected direction. When a headstrong rescue dog storms into her life, he pulls her back into the world. Bounty leads her to a hidden dog-park community where her o ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 51 ratings · 23 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bounty: a memoir of friendship, MS and the dog that changed everything 4.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 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
	Marzipan and Magnolias 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2012 — 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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Elizabeth Lancaster and 2 other people liked Neens West's review of Marzipan and Magnolias: "I loved this warm, engaging memoir about the author's journey with MS. The frank, no-nonsense tone is juxtaposed with eloquent descriptions of nature and travel. It was lovely to meet Elizabeth too, at her recent writer's event launching her other mem" Read more of this review »
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Just as well I listened to this on audible as I couldn't put it down. It's brilliantly narrated by the author who has meticulously researched this bizarre story of a London teenager drawn into a shady underworld with links to organised crime and olig ...more
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