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Susan Barrett

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SUSAN BARRETT spent her childhood in Devon and at school in Bath. She worked as a copywriter in London before leaving to live in Greece where she began writing fiction. She has had seven novels published in hardback and paperback in UK and USA. Other work includes travel writing, television drama, and wildlife and children’s books illustrated by her husband Peter. In the 1990s she trained as a humanistic counsellor and gestalt psychotherapist. After some years running a private practice, she returned to fiction writing by doing an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa. She has mentored new writers, held creative writing workshops at home, and has recently published two novels and a non-fiction work with CreateSpace, available as paperbacks on ...more

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What books are on your summer reading list this year?

Susan Barrett At the moment I have a motley selection of books on the go. I'm reading the Aenid brilliantly translated by Cecil Day Lewis. His poetic voice brings t…moreAt the moment I have a motley selection of books on the go. I'm reading the Aenid brilliantly translated by Cecil Day Lewis. His poetic voice brings the Latin to life in sparkling English. I'm halfway through Martin Amis' The Information. He packs a lot of punch into every sentence. I admire that but I also find it wearing. It's also all about writerly jealousy, which is dispiriting. I'm halfway and already nearing the ropes, weak from the constant clever punches, and unlikeability of the main character. Light relief is presented by An Invisible Friendship, which presents the letters exchanged between Joyce Grenfell and an admirer called Katherine Moore, between 1956 and 1979. Two interesting women writing with intelligence about their thoughts and lives in a period that seems to us nowadays quite dated. I'm not at all sure what will be next on the list as the summer arrives.(less)

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Susan Barrett It would hardly stay a mystery if I answered this question! However, I did have a mystery in my life which began to be solved by finding half an answe…moreIt would hardly stay a mystery if I answered this question! However, I did have a mystery in my life which began to be solved by finding half an answer in a novel.
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Average rating: 3.68 · 66 ratings · 18 reviews · 28 distinct works

	White Lies 4.56 avg rating — 9 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
	A Home from Home liked it 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	Louisa 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1969 — 4 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
	A Day in the Life of a Puppy by Susan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Peter Barrett 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	A Day in the Life of a Kitten by Susan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Peter Barrett it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1997 — 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
	A Day in the Life of a Baby Deer: The Fawn's First Snowfall by Susan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Peter Barrett 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1996	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
	Day and Night in the Forest by Susan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Peter Barrett (Illustrator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 4 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
	Rubbish liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Square Ben Drew by Susan Barrett (Goodreads Author), Peter Barrett really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 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
	THE SB GUIDE TO NATURE: notes and sketches from an intrepid explorer of the wilder, more fantastical regions of the world it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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

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These words – Ο κυπος του παπου – are written on a sun-bleached sign hanging from a padlocked gate behind the beach in Lourdas Bay. Beyond lies the garden, a fenced-in enclosure where an o

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“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.”
― Rebecca West

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