A Waste of Good Weather
Published on 13. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-910148-06-8 (ISBN)
Description
Stan Cutler is good looking, on the dole, and fed up. He can't get enough money or sex, and his acrobatic pigeons seem all that is left in the world to give him pride or joy. Evie Cutler is no more excited; her years of motherhood have peaked, her marriage is stagnant and her job in the chip shop is about as fascinating as a wet fish.
When Stan is unexpectedly double-crossed, and Evie takes an electrifying long weekend in Amsterdam, their lives radically change direction. Stan seeks revenge through plotting the perfect crime, while Evie begins to live life with adventure, each discovering excitement and help, neither confiding in the other.
Set against the background of recession, and shuttling between the highly contrasting cities of Middlesbrough and Amsterdam, Stan and Evie's secret selves head relentlessly towards an intriguing climax.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Spridlington
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
393 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-910148-06-8 (9781910148068)
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Person
Janice Russell is an author, teacher and life coach, and, by her own definition, a 'feisty old crone'. Her occupation now embraces writing, teaching, coaching and painting, while enjoying family time and following trails of curiousity. She is widely published professionally, taught Creative Writing for the University of East Anglia, and isauthor of several works on women ageing, notably the audio courses Rocking the Crone and Loving the Crone.
She has three novels to her name.
Keeping Abreast, a satirical yet passionate fiction/faction account of living the journey of breast cancer. Set in the 1990's in York, UK, themes are universal and remain relevant today. Entertaining and provocative.
The Pigeon Fancier's Wife, is set in Middlesborough in the early 2000's, written in the voices of heterosexual couple Stan and Evie Ettington, both fed up and both about to embark on separate adventures in which they re -find themselves -and a whole lot more! Funny, moving, universal emotion and the perfect crime interweave.
An Algarve Affair in 2013, is her third and last novel, set in the beautiful region of the Algarve.