Shape
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Shape: and thou shalt turn thyself into whate shape thou wilt…
A heart warming story throughly entertaining and enjoyable
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Description
Izzy’s comfort zone is shattered when she finds her husband has been unfaithful. Revenge is sweet or is it? Having never been a ‘walker’ she walks out one bright summer morning, dropping her mobile phone down a drain and decides to walk from her home in England to where she used to holiday with her family, in France. Uninvited but accompanying her is her mysterious ‘Pact’ in the shape of Moggie her cat who is determined at any cost she will reach her goal and reshape her life.
The author was inspired to write this novel by a riveting performance by Sir Ian McKellen. At the time she knew nothing of Christopher Marlowe and even less of Dr Faustus and the seven deadly sins.
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THE AUTHOR
Born in Derbyshire Chris Palmer was an enfant terrible of the sixties, taking off at seventeen to work in Canada and America finally returning home to catch up at university and eventually working for the BBC as a documentary film maker. She was awarded a Royal Television Award and in her final years at the BBC was a commissioner and creative director at Television Centre. She now lives with her husband in France.
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REVIEWS
Chris Palmer does a great job of keeping the reader interested in the affairs of her characters: Izzy, Patrick, Martine, Thierry and more. She is an excellent narrator and the book is full of delights. A heart warming story, thoroughly entertaining and enjoyable. It is a novel of extraordinary emotional intelligence exploring heartbreak, anger, joy and the re-building of a completely new life in France. Moggie keeps a cheerful and optimistic eye on the humans he cares for.
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Chris Palmer
She worked in Canada and America returning to England she juggled several jobs, a family, University and then joined the BBC in which she describes as a ‘rags to riches’ career starting in Local Radio. In the 80’s she moved over to television as a studio director at Pebble Mill, a documentary film maker, and finally to London as an Executive TV Producer. She has worked in many different parts of the world with a secondment to South Africa Broadcasting. She was awarded ‘A Royal Television Award’ for a documentary she and her team made in Mumbai. Her final years at the BBC were as a Commissioner and Creative Director at Television Centre.
After taking early retirement she and her husband moved to France, where they set up a small holiday business, tea-room and art gallery. She also developed a passion for walking, starting with the 750 km walk from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago Compostela, this resulted in her writing her first book ‘Walking Back to Happiness’ to be followed by three illustrated children’s book and her first novel ‘Jack be Nimble’. She continues to walk the medieval routes around Europe and with her husband visits England regularly, where they have a canal boat in the East End of London. Additional information
| Weight | 200 g |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 1.5 × 13 cm |
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