PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Actress, presenter and author Janet Ellis trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Best known for presenting Blue Peter, she stars in numerous radio and TV programmes and in 2018 appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in a successful month long run of Makes, Bakes and Outtakes, a play celebrating sixty years of Blue Peter. In 2016 Janet was awarded an MBE for services to charities and theatre. A graduate of the Curtis Brown creative writing course, her debut novel, The Butcher's Hook, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize. janetellis.com twitter.com/missjanetellis instagram.com/missjanetellis
Immersive, amazing, remarkable . . . It's an excellent book and Janet is a hugely gifted writer . . . I couldn't put it down. - Marian Keyes Ellis has a knack for depicting the way in which families struggle to communicate . . . engaging and readable - Observer An atmospheric, clever novel, which will get under your skin - Red Ellis writes beautifully, with a great eye for detail. - Daily Mail An emotional epic. The former TV presenter's debut novel, The Butcher's Hook, was great, and this second one is also terrific, particularly in the way she writes about mother-daughter relationships. - Good Housekeeping Janet Ellis writes with tenderness and wisdom about how you can lose a child while they are still under your roof - and how a child long-lost will never leave you. I veered between laughter and a lump in the throat, often on the same page. This book will sneak up behind you and break your heart. - Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID/SHE SAID A tale of silences, secrets and misunderstandings, of marital infidelities and of paths not taken . . . A fluent, convincing depiction of the poignant intricacies of family life - Mail on Sunday It's wonderful. A brutal tale of a fraught mother-daughter relationship. The writing fizzes along. Loved it. - Emma Kennedy
