Linda Anderson
Linda Anderson was born and educated in Belfast. She is an award-winning novelist and writer of short stories, who has designed and led creative writing programmes at Lancaster University and The Open University. She is co-editor of the acclaimed anthology Female Lines: New Writing by Women from Northern Ireland.
“A remarkable writer, powerful and passionate, the voice of an avenging angel.” – Clare Boylan
It is 1982 and Fran McDowell has quit her native Belfast but is barely surviving in London. When she falls pregnant accidentally, a chance friendship rescues her, but after the birth of her daughter, she needs to come to terms with her past on her own.
Drawn to the Greenham Common protests, Fran seeks to understand and resist the roots of personal and political violence.
“Witty and stylish… in search of freedom and self-realisation… A fierce unsentimental novel.” – Catholic Herald
“Borne along by honesty and passion… set alight by the author’s command of language.” – Irish Times
