The Blow-Ins
By Annie Roche
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A debut novel by Annie Roche.
Three unconnected deaths herald a new beginning for three women whose lives become bound by history.
An agoraphobe, a young infanticidal mother and a wannabe serious journalist are blown-in from the cold to settle in the same house in different time-streams.
What binds them together?
Can hist
Annie Roche
Annie Roche is proud to be a Blow-In! Born in London to a London-Irish family, brought up in Surrey, Kent and Suffolk and eventually settling with her husband and three children in North Devon! Her career has been as varied from dancer to historian, music administrator, shop and café proprietor, teacher and now author.Annie always wanted to write, even as a child and spent much of her childhood writing incomprehensible stories that nobody really understood. She has been writing stories in her head for her entire life and after an enforced career change has finally found the courage to put pen to paper.The Blow-Ins is her debut novel and has been inspired by original research into infanticide cases in North Devon for her History Master's Degree. Her research proved that infanticide was prolific nationwide during a time of poor or no contraception and little welfare provision. The majority of these mothers were young servants, many of which had been abused or sexually assaulted by their masters or left high and dry by their lovers. Being stranded with an unwanted baby with no money, family support and little hope of gainful employment drove many desperate women and young girls to commit the ultimate taboo of new-born child murder or face starvation and societal scorn. Many of these historical cases were screaming out to be explored and the voices of these women needed to be heard. Annie loves living in the stunning Devonshire countryside, close to the dramatic North Devon coastline and has found this wild landscape the inspiration for her novel. Apart from writing she enjoys growing fruit and vegetables, reading and after a few unexplained experiences an interest in the supernatural. Usbournes is loosely based on a remote eighteenth century farmhouse and surrounding hamlet that she and her family used to live in and some of the unusual experiences have been included.She is currently writing a sequel to the Blow-ins based on another case that was included in her dissertation and hopes to publish in 2025.Keep in touch with Annie at annierocheauthor@gmail.com
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