The Good Daughter: Navigating Work, Love and Aging Parents
MELISSA ROWE – Do you ever feel like you’re managing two households? Your first home is the one you live in with your spouse and children. The
February 2, 2020
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Judy Leigh is Back With Her New Book!
My next novel, The Old Girls’ Network, is out on 16th June! I was inspired to write it when I moved house to a rural area
January 2, 2020
A Character Review – Fall in Love with Morayo!
BY CATHERINE MAVEN – I guess I have a thing for quirky older female characters. The primary narrator of this novel, Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream
November 18, 2019
A Character Review – Who Didn’t Love Blix?
BY CATHERINE MAVEN – I can’t believe I actually DOWNLOADED this book onto my Kindle – it looks like the kind of romantic claptrap that I’m
November 9, 2019
Guest Blog & Author Interview – Marcella Steele
A TIME TO REFLECT The world is collectively on time-out, the merry-go-round has stopped, and the pause button has been clicked on our usual routine. We
April 2, 2019
Author Interview: Angela Cairns | Touch
We’re kicking off our author interviews on Hen Lit Central with Angela Cairns, author of Touch. Here’s what she had to say about what inspired
March 2, 2019
Move Over Chick Lit: We Want Something Older!
Welcome to Henlit Central! I started this blog because I imagine there’s an entire genre that’s underrepresented in the literary world — and it’s us,
February 24, 2018
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“(F)unny and sharp...An often entertaining story of a middle-aged protagonist who
finds a new connection with her in-law and a new lease on life"
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“Loved it! Carolyn Clarke weaves the plot with skill, and her characters are all
convincing, with their flaws and quirks. Moreover, the wittiness of the writing
enlightened the story."
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“Would recommend this book if you like family centered dramas with lots of humour.”
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“And Then There’s Margaret is a lively, satirical debut by a talented writer who has given this novel her all."
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"In this hilarious, down-to-Earth read, debut author Carolyn Clarke has created charming and fascinating characters that could come from any home on any block..."
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Filled with love, laughter, and misadventure, ATTM is deliciously readable with a cast of characters that are complex and funny.
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It's a well-written story with crisp, clear dialog that engages you from the start and characters that you can't help but relate to.
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While Clarke offers a fresh new literary voice, the writing in And Then There’s Margaret is confident and the prose is crisp.
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Carolyn Clarke’s skillful and subtle storytelling in AND THEN THERE’S MARGARET is a playful coming-of (middle)-age novel.
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For fans of Maria Semple’s Where’d You Go Bernadette or Marian Keyes’s The Break comes And Then There’s Margaret. Take a relatable and often hilarious ride with our heroine as she realizes the only way to survive the angst of family is to let go…and let be.
Next Generation Indie Book Awards – Chick Lit (Fiction) – Finalist
Maxy Award Literary & Humor – Winner
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