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All’swell that endswell. From thebeginningwe know thatTrudySmith has an amazingdaughter and apassion for life. Remembering thismakes it easier to readof the trials, injustices and abuses shewent through inher life. Andyetmypast still weighedheavily and draggedmedown… andkeptme there, because itwasnever far away.

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Smith allows the reader tomeanderwithher through her life against abackdropof theSouthAfricanveldwith colourful imagery anddescriptiveprowess.We allhave somuch to learn,notonly fromourownpast,but from the livesofothers.To take comfort and strength from the success andhappinessof thosewhohave struggled and won.Herdebutnovel is a reflective lookbackoverher life inSouthAfrica. It still resonates todayon apersonal and global level.There is something for everyone to take away fromSmith’sdebutnovel.

“I lived in Newbury for about ten years and thoroughly enjoyed walking in the countryside and along the river. I was so fascinated that it went through the town and couldn’t resist feeding the swans and ducks. Retirement came around suddenly, and it was then that I decided to gather all my thoughts I’d stored for a lifetime and write my memoirs.”

Biography: Trudy Smith was born in Pretoria and lived the majority of her life in South Africa. In this, her first novel of a trilogy, Smith paints a portraitof life inSouthAfrica in the1970s.As readerswe canpicture the landscapeandalmosthear thewildlifeasweare transportedback to a different time and place, into Trudy’s childhood and early life. Now living in London, Smith is retired from a career in the cosmetic industry, and has time to reflect on a life filledwithuncertainty and self-doubt. There is something for everyone to take away from this thought-provokingand evocativedebutnovel. 186pages, ISBN978-3-99048-805-8 £13.30 Trudy’sbook ‘FindingLoveonaFarm’ isavailable fromAmazonandwww.novum-publishers.co.uk

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