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Fran Hill is a self-employed English teacher and writer; this is her second full-length work of fiction. Fran's first novel, Cuckoo in the Nest, is based on Fran's own experience of being fostered; the novel has been shortlisted for the SoA Paul Torday Memorial Prize and was a Daily Mail Book of the Year 2022.
'This has all of Fran's trademark quick wit and black humor' Gráinne Murphy 'Funny, warm and very moving' Lucinda Hawksley 'Deliciously nostalgic, brilliantly funny' Frances Quinn 'I loved Home Bird. Fran drew me in to that world' Jane Ions 'A jewel of a book. Fran Hill can do what other authors spend a lifetime trying to achieve: disarm you in a sentence' Deborah Jenkins 'The story is ultimately upbeat... the lightness of touch has real depth' Anthony Ferner 'Like a perfectly risen souffle made with dangerously volatile ingredients, Jackie's story of dashed hopes, disappointment, optimism and resilience gripped me from the first line and wouldn't let me go' Ruth Leigh
