New novel by creative writing lecturer Helen Harris
Helen Harris, lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, will have her fifth novel published this autumn.
Helen Harris, lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, will have her fifth novel published this autumn.
Sylvia Garland’s Broken Heart will be published by Halban Publishers in November. It tells the story of Sylvia who returns to England after the death of her husband and half a lifetime lived abroad. The last thing she expects is to find love again but when her daughter-in-law Smita announces she is pregnant – despite Sylvia’s prickly relations with her son Jeremy and her daughter-in-law and her own poor track record as a mother – she finds herself caught up in the excitement. Before Sylvia knows it, she is 65 years old and head over heels in love – with her grandson.
‘Sylvia Garland’s Broken Heart’ is a touching, witty look at family ties across the generations and the plight of grandparents when their children get divorced.