PATRICIA HARPER'S BOOKS

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ABOUT ME....

I live in Redditch, Worcestershire, in the UNITED KINGDOM with my husband Tony. I have two children, a daughter in law,and two grandchildren. I have had many short stories and articles published in British National Newspapers and Magazines. Three of my short stories were broadcast by the B.B.C. They were "Love on the 69 bus" read by the late Edgar Harrison who was Dan Archer in the long running British radio serial, "The Archers" Next came "Swansong" read by Richard Pasco of The Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford on Avon. "Plain and Fancy" was read by Dora Bryan, the famous actress who has starred in many films and stage plays. All three were produced at Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham by David Shute. I have won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes in various literary competitions.

GUILT TRIP By Patricia Harper

A reproachful look from a famine victim sends divorcee Susan Clayfield on a "Guilt Trip" which will lead her towards the loss of her job, her health and her home as she struggles to help her various charities, mainly for African victime of famine. Her work has suffered and she has been given three months to improve her appearance and general performance at "Epitome," the Insurance Company she works for. She has been moved from Customer Services to Accounts where she will work under the eccentric Mark Farriday. A bizarre trip to Italy with her new boss brings about a tour of Rome, Sorrento, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. After an accident they are forced to spend a night on the volcano, and Susan realises her feelings have grown towards him. But he is besotted with Sally, a tart with muscular thighs. Back home, Susan's debts have spiralled out of control and her home is now at risk. Can she pull back from the brink to save it? www.lulu.com/patriciaharper

A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE By Patricia Harper

Sarah Morgan arrives on her estranged husband Kevin's doorstep pregnant and homeless, asking him to give her temporary shelter while she finds a roof over her head. Her lover has deserted her and she is desperate. At first he refuses, but says if she would be prepared to work for nothing he would let her and the baby live rent-free over a shop he is opening. The shop is in a seedy, run down part of the city with a high level of immigration, and they are beset by serious problems due to the decay and poor state of the premises. Sarah is terrified of living alone over the shop with Emily, her daughter, but has nowhere to go. She is very much demeaned by Kevin's new love, Julie, but initially helped by Robert, the son of a local electrician. After a seance over the shop one night, a supernatural presence brings terror to Sarah. Stress and squalor eventually take their toll on her health and she is driven to the edge of a breakdown. Will no one come to save her, and will Emily be taken into care? www.lulu.com/patriciaharper

SILLY LILY By Patricia Harper

Growing up after a war, Lillian or "Silly Lily," as the other kids call her, is not allowed to mix with the other kids as her mother thinks they are "common," until one day her father falls seriously ill and in a situation where there is no one else to take care of her she is allowed to enter the homes of two other girls, and starts to learn about life.. Although the book starts in childhood, it continues on into her life, first job, first boyfriend, and her difficulty inequating the romantic stuff of books with the basic, more normal facts of life. She loves then loses a man as awkward as herself, but gets a second chance at happiness... www.lulu.com/patriciaharper

Monday, 15 January 2007

SILLY LILY By Patricia Harper

Margaret sniggered as Mary took a bite of what looked like faggots and peas. The look of eager anticipation on her face changed to one of horror, and she looked over in Margaret's direction.
"What have you put on my bloody food, you little horror?" she said, and reaching for a hairbrush off the shelf she threw it at Margaret. Margaret ducked, and it crashed into the door, chipping out a lump of varnish before it fell down on the lino. There would probably have been murder done had not Mrs Needmore come in at that precise moment with a towel draped round her ample figure.
"Here, I asked you to keep an eye on these two, not bloody join in. What's going on?" she said, stooping to retrieve the brush and losing the towel in the process.
Lillian's eyes nearly came out of her head as she watched her go over to the fireplace and bend over to put the towel to air. She'd never seen anyone naked before. Her mother's body and her father's for that matter, had always been a closely guarded secret. Doors were locked in their house when clothes were removed, and she didn't know where to look at this precise moment.
"Good job we're all girls together," Mrs Needmore chuckled, reaching out for her knickers and vest off the polished brass rail.
Her breasts were pendulous and heavy, drooping down over the flab of her stomach. Her legs were like carrots, Lillian thought, fat at the top with ridges of fat which quivered when she laughed, and as for her bottom, well!...She was cramming it now into voluminous white knickers. Lillian looked, and looked again. She had hair...Down there between her legs! That wasn't normal surely? She hadn't got any!
"What's up with your dinner, Mary? You usually love my faggots." Mrs Needmore said.
"That's what the row was about when you came in. That sod of a daughter of yours has put washing powder or something on it... Tastes horrible...Honest to God, you're gonna have to do something about her or I'm leaving...I mean it! She's out of control. What she needs is a bloody good hiding."

SILLY LILY By Patricia Harper Copyright 2006
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