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Michelle Shine

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Michelle Shine is a homeopath, mother, grandmother, writer of articles, short stories and novels. Her published works include the homeopathic textbook, What About the Potency? The Subtle Art of Healing, long listed for the Cinnamon Press novella award. Mesmerised. Song for Ria, winner of the Literary Titan Silver Award. Ash on the Vine, longlisted for the Fiction Factory’s first chapter award and the Yeovil Prize. Her short stories have been published in literary magazines and several collections. You can read her articles and essays at michelleshine.substack.com

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Michelle Shine Whilst I'm in-between projects I keep writing bits and pieces, sometimes they turn into articles, blogs or short stories, but at other times they are …moreWhilst I'm in-between projects I keep writing bits and pieces, sometimes they turn into articles, blogs or short stories, but at other times they are not so cohesive and don't go anywhere. It's just something I do whilst I'm waiting for the next heart-and-mind novel length story to grab me by the collar and pull me along.(less)
Michelle Shine The other day I was in the changing room at the gym and the woman I was chatting to told me that she'd just finished reading Song for Ria and she coul…moreThe other day I was in the changing room at the gym and the woman I was chatting to told me that she'd just finished reading Song for Ria and she couldn't stop thinking about it; that made me feel pretty good.
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Mesmerised

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The day writes the words right across the sky

The last six months has been the anticipatory period between Kate Bush announcing her residency at the Hammersmith Apollo and the first of her 22 night gigs. Once my tickets had been purchased, I often found it hard to contain my glee, and took to hanging out on a fan site to commune with others. it seemed a whole lot safer than risking old friendships with my constant and adoring waffle about KB.

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Michelle Shine Michelle Shine said: " Hadley Freeman has done a great job in researching and then eloquently transcribing the history of her grandmother, Sala's, family, demonstrating the diversity of the characters and their lives. From Sala herself who was locked in an unhappy arranged ...more "

 

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Don’t be fooled when you read the first couple of pages. This novel is so much more than the day to day antics of a drug addict, even though that’s the demeanour of Jake, the protagonist, when we first meet him. This realistic portrayal of a young Je ...more
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Beautifully written but so terribly sad, made even more so as the real world around me once again erupts in aggressive antisemitism and all the characters in this story are portrayed so unlikeably flawed 😢.
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