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Andrea Newman


Born
in Dover, Kent, The United Kingdom
February 07, 1938

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Andrea Newman (born 7 February 1938 in Dover, Kent) is an English author.

An only child, she taught at a grammar school after graduating with a degree in English from the Westfield College, University of London. A film version of her 1967 novel Three Into Two Won't Go, with a screenplay by Edna O'Brien, was released in 1969. It stars Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom, and was directed by Peter Hall.

Newman adapted her sixth novel A Bouquet of Barbed Wire (1969) for London Weekend Television (LWT) in 1976, as a seven-part serial. Newman recalled her work in 2010 at the time when it was being remade: "I never set out to shock, just to tell a story about an imaginary family, but I imagine most people would still disapprove of hitting your pregnant wi
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Average rating: 3.73 · 742 ratings · 75 reviews · 62 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Bouquet of Barbed Wire

3.68 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions
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A Sense of Guilt

3.83 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions
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A Gift of Poison

3.72 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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An evil streak

3.88 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1977 — 9 editions
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Three Into Two Won't Go

3.68 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1967 — 12 editions
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A Share of the World

3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1964 — 11 editions
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Another Bouquet

3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions
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Alexa

3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1968 — 8 editions
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Mirage

3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1965 — 11 editions
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The Cage

3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1966 — 5 editions
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