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Love, life and sex blossoms in the older woman
I had a message from an 83-year-old lady in February, the month the Hen Party was published. She was so encouraging I could have kissed her. She loved the fact that my book’s main character is a 50+ woman living in today’s world and showing the younger characters that we’re not in our dotage just because our hair might have changed colour and our skin is not quite as firm.
I wanted to show a different, vibrant side to the older woman and Bern (the main character) fits the bill perfectly. Love her or hate her she will certainly keep you turning the pages to find out what happens next (not my words, but those of someone on Amazon). The Hen Party begins in Bristol UK, but once the four main characters reach Benidorm
they begin to crack and the secrets they are hiding start to unravel. It’s a great read for anyone familiar with either location or going away for a vacation, because much of the action is set in the supposedly carefree holiday world. When a publisher decided they wanted my book the Coombes’ household in Moraira went crazy. My husband brought out the fizz and our son started casting the rich and famous as the infamous Bern. Not sure Helen Mirren would want to play the notorious Bern though!
Finally just in case you want to know about me …I was born in Devon but brought up in Bristol. I eventually became a teacher, specialising in teaching blind students (the most rewarding thing I have ever done). I now live between Moraira, Spain and Somerset, UK. It was watching the antics of the many Hen Parties at the airports that first gave me the idea for this book. There are many ‘grannies’ dressed in pink, pink, pink and sporting a pair of pink fluffy wings or bunny ears to match, so these ‘young at heart’ characters are definitely out there. I hope someone reading this might consider themselves one of them. You can contact me on any of these sites. I’d love to hear from you.
www.facebook.com/hilary.coombes94,
www.twitter.com/hilarycoombes,
www.hilarycoombes.info. Hen Party by Hilary Coombes [Nº2 on Waterstones Best Selling new eBooks when first published in February 2016] is available on Amazon as an eBook or paperback, from the publisher –
http://uppbooks.com, or from “Letters R Us” shop, Crta. Moraira-Teulada 62, Moraira.
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