INVITATION TO
THE LAUNCH OF
Paulie’s Web
by Wendy Robertson
‘A powerful writer.’
Mail on Sunday
Join Wendy for a glass of wine, books & talk
At Bishop Auckland Town Hall
7pm Wednesday 16th October
‘In her
first few days out of prison Paulie Smith relishes her freedom and embraces the
struggle to adapt to realities on life ‘on the out’. She reflects on her time
inside, focusing on the four very different women she first met in the white
prison van …’
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RSVP Bishop Auckland Town Hall 03000 269 524
Press
Release
Paulie’s Web by
Wendy Robertson
Will be launched At
Bishop Auckland Town Hall
7pm Wednesday 16th
October
‘A powerful writer.’ Mail on
Sunday
The novel Paulie's Web distils
the tragedies, comedies and ironies of women's lives not just behind bars but
out in society. In her first few days
out of prison Paulie Smith relishes her freedom but struggles to adapt to the
scary realities of life 'on the out'. She reflects on her life in prison and
the four very different women whom she first met in the white prison van.
There's Queenie, the old bag-
lady who sees giants and angels, Maritza who disguises her pain with an
ultra-conventional life, and drug addict Lilah, the spoiled apple of her
mother's eye. Then there is the tragedy of the abused Christine - the one with
the real scars, inside and out.
Wendy Robertson has written many popular and
well-reviewed novels for adults and children and a memoir of her writing life,
The Romancer. For five years from 1999 she was writer-in residence in a woman’s
prison. Now, as well as writing a novel each year, she writes a popular
writer’s blog
Wendy says of
Paulie’s Web. ‘It has taken me
some years to digest the extremities of my experience in prison and to write my
novel as true fiction in a way that pays tribute to the women I met while
working there. If, by the by, Paulie’s Web goes some way to cracking the absurd
stereotypes of women in prison this will be an extra delight. While there are dark elements in the novel I
make no apologies for its ultimately optimistic tone which is a true reflection
of the humour, stoicism and kindness that I witnessed in my prison experience.’
Information or copies to review:
Contact Bishop Auckland Town Hall 03000 269 524.
Also see Wendy’s blog at http//lifetwicetasted.blogspot.co.uk
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