by EricaJames (Author)
Dulcie Ballantyne knows that creative writers' groups attract an unlikely mix of people, so when she starts up Hidden Talents, she is well prepared for the assortment of people she is bringing together.
Beth King is facing empty-nest syndrome as her only son, Nathan, leaves home for university. Jack Solomon, a local estate agent, is having trouble coming to terms with the shock of his wife leaving him for his best friend. Jaz Rafferty is an intensely private seventeen-year-old girl who writes to escape her large, boisterous family. Victor Blackmore is a know-it-all, who claims to be writing the blockbuster novel every publisher will be clamouring for.
What they all have in common is a need to escape, as well as a desire to keep their lives as private as possible. As they grow more confident in their writing skills, friendships develop, and gradually they come to realise that a little openness isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion
Published: 01 Jan 2002
ISBN 10: 0752853511
ISBN 13: 9780752853512
Book Overview: A BREATH OF FRESH AIR was selected by WH Smith for their Fresh Talent promotion and proved the most successful title in the promotion selling 90,000 copies. It was a Sunday Times bestseller. THE HOLIDAY mass market paperback has sold over 200,000 copies and spent three weeks on the Sunday Times bestseller list, where it reached no.7. Entire backlist has been reissued with fabulous new Gary Blythe covers.