Crossing Borders: 21 Inspirational Women Share Their Stories - Couverture souple

Gregson, Julia

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ISBN 10 : 1909823082 ISBN 13 : 9781909823082

Editeur : Graffeg Limited, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Best selling author Julia Gregson explores the unique environment of the Wye Valley and the remarkable number of talented women who call it home. In a picture-led celebration of diversity and achievement, Crossing Borders features a combination of 'day in the life...' reportage and biographical commentary, all brought to life through the photography of Alex Pownall. With 21 women featured, many of whom have received world-wide recognition in their field, this is a truly exceptional record of talent and achievement. Includes: Catherine King (Mezzo Soprano), Anne Wareham (Landscape Gardener and Writer), Sally Bailey (M.D. of Baileys Home), Angharad Davies (Barrister), Nell Gifford (Circus Owner), Caroline Peters (Chief Superintendent), Jean Miller (Painter), Hannah Stone (Royal Harpist), Venetia Williams (Racehorse Trainer), Andrea McLean (Mapping Artist), Revel Guest (Film Producer(Stephen Spielberg's War Horse)and Chair of Hay Festival), Kate Beavan (Farmer (BBC's The One Show)and Rural Skills Teacher), Ineke Berlyn (Textile Artist), Elizabeth Haycox (Richard Booth's Bookshop), Jenny McLoughlin (Paralympic Sprinter), Bettina Reeves (Stage Designer and Puppet Maker), Tiffany Murray (Novelist and Lecturer), Mary Rose Young (Ceramicist and Potter), Marian Voyce (Butcher), Annica Neumuller (Abstract Painter), Glenda Stoneman (Alpaca Breeder).

Biographie de l'auteur :

Julia Gregson is the prize-winning author of three novels, one book of non-fiction, and numerous short stories that have been read on the B.B.C. and published in The Literary Review, Red Book and Good Housekeeping . Her first novel, The Water Horse, published by Orion, was runner up in the Waverton Good Read Award. Her second book, East of the Sun , was chosen for the Richard and Judy Book Club and became a Sunday Times best seller in the U.K. and was published in 28 countries. It won Romantic Novel of the Year and the Prince Maurice Prize for Literary Love stories. Julia s third novel Jasmine Nights (2013) was also chosen for the Richard and Judy Book club, the first novelist to be chosen twice. Her first short story won the Ryman s Literary Review Short Story Prize. Previously a journalist, for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, Good Housekeeping, and Rolling Stone in the U.S.A., she is married and lives in the Welsh Borders. She has one daughter and four stepchildren.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Graffeg Limited
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1909823082
• ISBN 13: 9781909823082
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Illustrateur: Pownall Alex