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After Leaving The Village Helen Matthews

After Leaving The Village By Helen Matthews

After Leaving The Village by Helen Matthews


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Summary

Odeta's life has shrunk to a daily round of drudgery, running her father's store in a remote Albanian village. When a stranger promises her a new career in London, Odeta's life changes, but not in the way she expected. Journalist Kate lives in London and seems to have a perfect life but Kate's neighbours are not the friendly community they seem.

After Leaving The Village Summary

After Leaving The Village by Helen Matthews

Two women. Two villages. Different destinies. Odeta's life has shrunk to a daily round of drudgery, running her father's grocery store in a remote Albanian village. One day a stranger from Tirana walks into the shop and promises her a new career in London. Odeta's life is about to change, but not in the way she expected. Journalist Kate lives on a quiet London street and seems to have a perfect life but she worries about her son Ben, who struggles to make friends. Kate blames the internet and disconnects her family from the online world so they can get to know their neighbours. On a visit to her home village in Wales, Kate is forced to confront a secret from her past. But greater danger lies closer to home. Perhaps Kate's neighbours are not the friendly community they seem.

About Helen Matthews

Helen Matthews is the author of debut novel `After Leaving the Village', winner of the Winchester Writers' Festival prize for opening pages of a novel. Born in Cardiff, she read English at the University of Liverpool. After travelling, she worked in international development, consultancy, human resources and pensions management but fled corporate life to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University. Helen has won prizes for short stories and has been published in literary journal Artificium. As a freelancer, she writes content for websites and business magazines and has, in the past, been published in The Guardian and had columns broadcast on BBC radio. She is married with two grown-up children and lives in Hampshire.

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GOR009000824
9780995780682
0995780684
After Leaving The Village by Helen Matthews
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hashtag Press
20171012
336
Winner of Winchester Writers Festival 2015
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