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LIFE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Kindle Edition

by ELIZABETH WOOLLEY (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Do we really know what happens behind other people’s front doors? After an unpleasant event in her parish in Liverpool, Grace Bennett takes a job in the quiet Oxfordshire town of Swinbury as the vicar of the local church. The Bishop thinks it will be the ideal place for her to recover her confidence and forget what happened in her earlier post. Little did they know the dramas she would encounter.

One by one, the characters who make up some of the townspeople are revealed to us. Some are native born; others arrive to be with friends and family in the town. We meet a retired British journalist—a former foreign correspondent, who grew up in the town and had a difficult childhood there—and her lover, an American man who was once a member of the US Special Forces, and subsequently became a war photographer; a teenage couple, still at school, who meet tragedy at an early stage in their lives; a female murderer, now released from jail; a local builder who falls in love with her; a US former soldier who comes seeking revenge against the man he thought had abandoned him behind enemy lines; his daughter, a New York student, who loves him, no matter what; a woman who turned to drink after her daughter was killed; and a young woman whose life is transformed by a heart transplant. These characters, and a few minor ones, exist in isolation, until they are gradually drawn together as events unfold.

This is a slow intermingling of people whose lives are more unusual than you might think. They contain love, loss, happiness and tragedy. But then, knock on the doors of houses near you. You may uncover just as many fascinating stories behind closed doors. Their stories will warm your heart.
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  1. Print length
    181 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    November 28, 2020
  4. File size
    633 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08ND6Q372
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 28, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 633 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 181 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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ELIZABETH WOOLLEY

ELIZABETH WOOLLEY

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Elizabeth Woolley lives in the beautiful English countryside. She writes other books under other pen names, in different genres. She loves to travel, but that is not possible because of the epidemic, so is writing feel-good books instead. She likes quirky, interesting characters, with some imperfections. After all, perfect people can be boring, can't they?

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  • Jeanette
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022
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    Multiple storylines come together to form the core of a strong community of people who come to care for one another. Unexpected twists throughout hold the interest of the reader. I really enjoyed the individual stories and how they intersect with the others. I highly recommend this book.
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  • Ian Smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting and engaging book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2020
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    This book involves several interwoven, plausibly "real life", storylines, all of which involve the Rev Grace Bennett at some point. She seemed like the sort of vicar which many communities need, even for the people who aren't religious. These could all be short stories in their own right, but together they form a more satisfying pattern. Thanks to Elizabeth's writing, I had no trouble imagining the village and all the characters in their settings. The cast experience the full range of emotions - happiness, despair, "getting on with life", tragedy and moments of joy.
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  • Helen Speake
    5.0 out of 5 stars Happy Read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 11, 2020
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    I really enjoyed this book, lovely to read something so happy in these uncertain times when there is so much doom and gloom about.
    When I started reading I wondered how the various people were going to be linked, it was interesting to discover , and finished the book with a smile on my face. Look forward to the next book.
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