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My passion is ...

reading, dancing, family

I know too much about ...

little things!

My parents always told me ...

to follow my heart

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to be a top of the pops dancer

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holidaying in Crete

Why I write ...

I read a lot of books and have strong opinions on the ones I like and dont like

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I am totatally absorbed and taken outside of reality

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was a shelf filler in The Body Shop

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graduating from University, getting my production coordinators job in TV, meeting the love of my life

My inspiration ...

my family...and Margaret Atwood for making me want to be a writer like her!

Arts & Humanities > British Authors Book reviews: The Russian Concubine, by Kate Furnivall

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I would imagine that most people would know the author Kate Furnivall from her book published in 2008, "Under The Blood Red Sky" - I have yet to read it, but even I recognise it's distinctive cover and I've read a few reviews on it praising its contents.  "The Russian Concubine" is published before the aforementioned book in 2007 and tells the story of a beautiful Russian woman, Valentina, and her fiery daughter Lydia who have been exiled from Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. Valentina and Lydia are taking refuge in Junchow, China , living in poverty and unable to see a way out....

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