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Becoming Someone - Softcover

Goodwin, Anne

 
9781908600776: Becoming Someone
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1908600772 ISBN 13: 9781908600776
Publisher: Inspired Quill, 2018

Synopsis

What shapes the way we see ourselves?

An administrator is forced into early retirement; a busy doctor needs a break. A girl discovers her sexuality; an older man explores a new direction for his. An estate agent seeks adventure beyond marriage; a photojournalist retreats from an overwhelming world. A woman reduces her carbon footprint; a woman embarks on a transatlantic affair. A widow refuses to let her past trauma become public property; another marks her husband’s passing in style.

Thought-provoking, playful and poignant, these 42 short stories address identity from different angles, examining the characters’ sense of self at various points in their lives. What does it mean to be a partner, parent, child, sibling, friend? How important is work, culture, race, religion, nationality, class? Does our body, sexuality, gender or age determine who we are?

Is identity a given or can we choose the someone we become?

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About the Author

Anne Goodwin's drive to understand what makes people tick led to a career in clinical psychology. That same curiosity now powers her fiction.Anne writes about the darkness that haunts her and is wary of artificial light. She makes stuff up to tell the truth about adversity, creating characters to care about and stories that make you think. She explores identity, mental health and social justice with compassion, humour and hope.An award-winning short-story writer, she has published three novels and a short story collection with small independent press, Inspired Quill. Her debut novel, Sugar and Snails, was shortlisted for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize.In 2022, Anne branched out into self-publishing with her first novella, Stolen Summers, the prequel to Matilda Windsor Is Coming Home. The sequel, Lyrics for the Loved Ones, was longlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year.Away from her desk, Anne guides book-loving walkers through the Derbyshire landscape that inspired Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

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Publisher
Inspired Quill
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1908600772
ISBN 13 
9781908600776
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
340