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Frances Garrood

    This author's writing is deeply rooted in relationships, a focus informed by her extensive experience as a relationship counselor. Her narratives often explore themes of death and bereavement, with a recurring, albeit unintentional, motif of pet funerals. Beginning her writing journey in childhood with poetry, she honed her craft by selling short stories before a spinal injury provided the dedicated time to complete her first novel. Her prose offers an intimate exploration of human connection and the emotional landscapes shaped by loss and love.

    Les roses, les choux, et autres secrets
    • Les roses, les choux, et autres secrets

      • 398 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      It is the early 1960s, and 13-year-old Cassandra Fitzpatrick is growing up in a household full of waifs and strays and general misfits. Despite her unorthodox home life, however, she is generally contentuntil something happens to her that turns her life upside-down. Cass unhappiness deepens when she wins a scholarship to boarding school and is torn away from all she knows and lovesespecially her adored, if wildly unconventional, mother. In time, Cass begins to settle down, but accustomed though she is to her mothers eccentricities, even she is not prepared for the announcement Mrs. Fitzpatrick is about to make.

      Les roses, les choux, et autres secrets