This Island is bursting at the seams with creative types and none more so than the writers.
Island born writer Emily Bullock, UEA Creative Writing MA, has recently joined a scheme run by the Arts Council-backed website youwriteon.com which, in association with Legend Press, offers writers the chance to make their books available for purchase in mainstream bookstores.
Among them will be ‘The Separate Principle’ by Emily Bullock, the haunting, war-time story of Lillian, Freddie and Leonard, three characters confined to a tuberculosis hospital in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight.
Synopsis by Charlie Morris on Amazon.co.uk
The Separate Principle is set in the build up to the war, that no one thought would happen, 1938 to 1939 unravels before Lillian and her husband Leonard. Posted to a tuberculosis hospital on the Isle of Wight they bring with them the tragedy of their son’s death.
The hospital runs on The Separate Principle, and it turns into an infection that dominates them. Desperate to find the happiness they could never find in each other Lillian turns to an old affair and her lover’s young son Freddie, a patient at the hospital. Leonard finds comfort in a new friendship but it can never last.
Leading their separate lives Lillian, Leonard, and Freddie are thrown onto a collision course. What begins as the chance for a new start and a fresh snatch at happiness turns into a bitter battle for freedom. Secrets and lies ready to be blown apart by the declaration of war.
For a sample chapter please take a look at Emily’s Web site
What other readers say
This marks the arrival of a fresh and exciting new author. Recommended.
A cracking winter read.
‘The Separate Principle’ is now out and available to order through bookshops or online at Amazon.
