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Chrissy Smith

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Born

St Albans, The United Kingdom

Genre

Historical Fiction, Romance, Religion

Influences

Dan Brown, James Herbert

Member Since

January 2022

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My name is Chrissy Smith, and I live in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK.

My inspiration for The Caretaker was based on two main facts; firstly, that I briefly met a holocaust survivor once when I was a parish clerk which obviously moved me more than I realised at the time, and secondly, as a student during the seventies, my husband lived in an old converted mansion house on the edge of the small village of Sandridge!

I have woven these two facts into a supernatural story about a holocaust survivor who becomes the caretaker of Fairshot Court.

My working life has been as a secretary adapting the role to many different areas; publishing, government, NHS, construction, sales, marketing etc. I worked in publishing for a while as secretary to ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 38 ratings · 4 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lavender Diaries by Chrissy Smith (Goodreads Author), Hayley Smith (illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 27 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
	The Pilgrims Rest by Chrissy Smith (Goodreads Author), Hayley Smith (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 7 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
	The Caretaker 4.75 avg rating — 4 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
	-My Story & The Real Truth On Managing "MANIC DEPRESSION"- 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Jekyll & HYDE To Heaven's Gate 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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The diaries of Alice Goldspink

I found some old diaries in an ancient suitcase which had been tucked away behind the rafters in the loft of my mother-in-law's bungalow in Lowestoft, Suffolk. I am attempting to transcribe these to help with a fictional novel I have been inspired to write of that time in our history. Any information anyone has of the post war years, requisitioning of houses, war department notices, dilapidation p Read more of this blog post »

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Chrissy Smith rated a book liked it Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1) by Ben Aaronovitch (Goodreads Author)	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 story line seemed a little bit 'Men in Black' to me and I found the line 'skinny white kids don't get the irony in Eminem' a bit irritating. Sadly, it wasn't a page turner for me, I found it a little muddled with too many characters, none of whom ...more
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It was a sad start but I liked the mother/daughter relationship which developed after that, and the fact that the dog was given a personality was sweet! It was funny in places, but the feminism angle became a bit of a bore, i.e. male = bad, female = ...more
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This is a fascinating window into the past of 1935 Alabama, where we learn how the community of Maycomb lived, how differing classes co-existed but in separate areas of the town. I loved the mystery surrounding Boo Radley and the hopeless poignancy s ...more
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