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‘Meeting Lydia’ by Linda MacDonald now in audio

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

You might recall I reviewed this book when it first came out in paperback, well now it’s out as an audiobook and the clip suggests a deservedly professional performance. Here it is: And here’s the press release: P R E S S R E L E A S E AUDIOBOOK EDITION MEETING LYDIA GOES AUDIO Linda MacDonald’s first novel Meeting Lydia is about the powerful long term effects of school bullying and of internet relationships. First released in 2011, it has now been abridged and turned into an audiobook, narrated by talented voice actress Harriet Carmichael. When Marianne comes home … Continue reading ‘Meeting Lydia’ by Linda MacDonald now in audio

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Indie Authors Linda MacDonald & Cathryn Grant

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

I am not really a reviewer so I am stopping short of calling this a book review – and in any case, it concerns five books at least so we’d be here all day. Instead, I’m going to just talk about two indie authors – one American, the other British – both of whom write about relationships in a way that takes the reader right inside the characters, following every introspective argument, uncertainty, dilemma, and impactful resolution. Beyond that, they are chalk and cheese. Cathryn Grant writes suburban noir and introduces me to people with whom I have nothing in … Continue reading Indie Authors Linda MacDonald & Cathryn Grant

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Update of Indie Author Page

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

I have been somewhat neglectful of my indie author page. Here are some updates: Linda Cassidy Lewis: An Illusion of Trust. This is the sequel to Brevity of Roses and follows relationships encountered there. Linda MacDonald: A Meeting of a Different Kind. This is a sequel to Meeting Lydia but written from the perspective of other characters – another window on the business of re-vitalising by email, old relationships. Vall Buss: The Silver Spindle. Sci fi written by a scientist flying under a pen name. Cathryn Grant: Cathryn has been on a bit of a roll lately. Her most recent, Last Chance (a suburban ghost story), is just out on Amazon, but there is … Continue reading Update of Indie Author Page

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‘Meeting Lydia’ by Linda MacDonald

Suzanne Conboy-Hill

To read ‘Meeting Lydia‘ is to sit in a comfy front room with the author, and listen while she tells you the story. Linda MacDonald is a raconteur, an ‘under-the-banyan-tree’, book-at-bedtime story teller, who conjures up complex images through a stream-of-consciousness narrative. Some might say there is more telling than showing, but they would be mistaken in judging this to be a fault. The telling is not exposition, not info-dumping, not tedious scene-setting. The telling is Bridget Jones; it is the internal curiosities, private debates, and mental machinations of the main character, Marianne, as she negotiates a mid-life crisis, the menopause, and a re-emergence of past horrors. If you are intrigued by relationships, by the seismic shifts … Continue reading ‘Meeting Lydia’ by Linda MacDonald

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