Andorra Writers Group - The Five Senses
The Five Senses
is an anthology of short stories and memoirs published by www.blurb.com and written by seven amazing women, all members of the Writers’ Circle of Andorra.
The stories range from funny to macabre, science fiction to crime.
Patricia Grey’s "Lost on Interstate 80" pursues a victim of domestic abuse as she tries to lose herself in the midwest of America.
In "Transitions" a country boy comes to the city to pursue the object of his desire and change his life.
"Harsh Times" is a fable about the vicissitudes of bad economic times in France.
"Juggliing the Verdict" introduces us to Detective Bailey of the West Australian Police Force. A rape trial is derailed by the victim's suicide.
In the stories and memoirs of Patricia’s six fellow authors whose work features in the anthology, "The Temptation of Ocean" examines the restrictions of life on a spaceship.
"Points of View" exposes the differing viewpoints of a bride and her mother as the wedding approaches.
In a reminder of how stories speak to our everyday lives, Alas no Keys follows the writer as she searches for her lost keys.
"Double Trouble on the Karakoram Highway" is an excerpt from Jeanne de Ferranti’s memoir of her travels around the world in a mini.
Margaret Shaida writes of her life in Iran during the 1970s in her biographical story "20:20 Hindsight"; and Clare Allcard has penned an absorbing companion piece on Shaida’s husband, Hassan, and his many changes of successful careers in "Hassan Shaida, West Asia’s multi-faceted man."
This is just a taste of the 32 original tales in "The Five Senses" .
Available from www.blurb.com
is an anthology of short stories and memoirs published by www.blurb.com and written by seven amazing women, all members of the Writers’ Circle of Andorra.
The stories range from funny to macabre, science fiction to crime.
Patricia Grey’s "Lost on Interstate 80" pursues a victim of domestic abuse as she tries to lose herself in the midwest of America.
In "Transitions" a country boy comes to the city to pursue the object of his desire and change his life.
"Harsh Times" is a fable about the vicissitudes of bad economic times in France.
"Juggliing the Verdict" introduces us to Detective Bailey of the West Australian Police Force. A rape trial is derailed by the victim's suicide.
In the stories and memoirs of Patricia’s six fellow authors whose work features in the anthology, "The Temptation of Ocean" examines the restrictions of life on a spaceship.
"Points of View" exposes the differing viewpoints of a bride and her mother as the wedding approaches.
In a reminder of how stories speak to our everyday lives, Alas no Keys follows the writer as she searches for her lost keys.
"Double Trouble on the Karakoram Highway" is an excerpt from Jeanne de Ferranti’s memoir of her travels around the world in a mini.
Margaret Shaida writes of her life in Iran during the 1970s in her biographical story "20:20 Hindsight"; and Clare Allcard has penned an absorbing companion piece on Shaida’s husband, Hassan, and his many changes of successful careers in "Hassan Shaida, West Asia’s multi-faceted man."
This is just a taste of the 32 original tales in "The Five Senses" .
Available from www.blurb.com
The Authors:
CLARE ALLCARD: Born UK 1946. Drove to Singapore 1968. Spent 18 years cruising the world in an old sailing boat. Jailed for spying by Yemeni communists.
Accidentally spent the night in a Malaysian brothel. Trekked to Everest.
Published books in New York and London. Moved to Andorra 1986. Multiple
activities include volunteering, writing and singing.
JEANNE DE FERRANTI: Born in London 1938. Drove around the world in a mini. Came to Andorra 30 years ago after living seven years in Dubai and Oman. First British female helicopter pilot. English language teacher. Mother of four. Grandmother of eight. Passionate about adventure travel. TaiTxi. Oil painting, gardening and photography.
JULIE GLENNIE: Born UK, had lived in Andorra for six years. BA in English Lit. from Bristol. Ran a Garden Centre for 18 years. Hobbies include yoga, dancing and hiking. Owns two Burmese cats and a Belgian Shepherd.
PATRICIA GREY: Born in Australia. Has lived in Andorra since 1996. Her first book Death has a Thousand Doors, a mystery set in Andorra, was a finalist in the 2010 Proverse Prize. Interests: skiing, hiking and Bridge.
VALERIE CHOPPEN RYMARENKO: Collector of Catalan antique pottery: spent 17 years restoring 400-year old Catalan masía with its own chapel: dedicated Hash Harrier: favourite dogs, Dobermans & Spanish Greyhounds: maker and teacher of patchwork: trained as a Criminologist, specialising in ‘female deviance’ which might explain some of my stories: now churchwarden – a curious twist of fate.
MARGARET SHAIDA: Born in UK 1935. She joined the BBC at 19. There she met Hassan. They married in 1955 then went to Tehran where she became woman’s editor of a new, English-language newspaper, Keyham International. On returning to the UK in 1980 she wrote “A View of Henley on Thames” followed by the award winning “Legendary Cuisine of Persia”. They moved to Andorra in 1991.
JUDITH PENELOPE WOOD: Hatched in 1946 in Bombay. Matched in 1988 in Andorra. Dispatched remains to be seen. Convent educated where books were frowned upon and therefore learnt to write turgid teenage stories to meet her addiction to fiction. Career varied but un-illustrious. Interests varied but healthy. Aspirations immense and delusional.
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Accidentally spent the night in a Malaysian brothel. Trekked to Everest.
Published books in New York and London. Moved to Andorra 1986. Multiple
activities include volunteering, writing and singing.
JEANNE DE FERRANTI: Born in London 1938. Drove around the world in a mini. Came to Andorra 30 years ago after living seven years in Dubai and Oman. First British female helicopter pilot. English language teacher. Mother of four. Grandmother of eight. Passionate about adventure travel. TaiTxi. Oil painting, gardening and photography.
JULIE GLENNIE: Born UK, had lived in Andorra for six years. BA in English Lit. from Bristol. Ran a Garden Centre for 18 years. Hobbies include yoga, dancing and hiking. Owns two Burmese cats and a Belgian Shepherd.
PATRICIA GREY: Born in Australia. Has lived in Andorra since 1996. Her first book Death has a Thousand Doors, a mystery set in Andorra, was a finalist in the 2010 Proverse Prize. Interests: skiing, hiking and Bridge.
VALERIE CHOPPEN RYMARENKO: Collector of Catalan antique pottery: spent 17 years restoring 400-year old Catalan masía with its own chapel: dedicated Hash Harrier: favourite dogs, Dobermans & Spanish Greyhounds: maker and teacher of patchwork: trained as a Criminologist, specialising in ‘female deviance’ which might explain some of my stories: now churchwarden – a curious twist of fate.
MARGARET SHAIDA: Born in UK 1935. She joined the BBC at 19. There she met Hassan. They married in 1955 then went to Tehran where she became woman’s editor of a new, English-language newspaper, Keyham International. On returning to the UK in 1980 she wrote “A View of Henley on Thames” followed by the award winning “Legendary Cuisine of Persia”. They moved to Andorra in 1991.
JUDITH PENELOPE WOOD: Hatched in 1946 in Bombay. Matched in 1988 in Andorra. Dispatched remains to be seen. Convent educated where books were frowned upon and therefore learnt to write turgid teenage stories to meet her addiction to fiction. Career varied but un-illustrious. Interests varied but healthy. Aspirations immense and delusional.
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