LOUISE BEECH
Making Magic with Words.
Month: May 2016
One bag of light sandwiches, thirteen writers, buckets of tears, and an incredible coincidence.
Travelling with my mother is unlike any other expedition. She is a whole destination without any sort of journey needed. So when she texted me the night before one of my most looked-forward-to and nerve-wracking trips of the year and said she’d made a… Continue Reading “One bag of light sandwiches, thirteen writers, buckets of tears, and an incredible coincidence.”
An Escape Route
Tomorrow, 7th May, will be seventy-three years to the day since the incredible rescue of my Grandad Colin took place on the South Atlantic Sea, a rescue all the more profound because many years later it saved my small daughter’s life too. These events… Continue Reading “An Escape Route”
I’m in my safe place when I sit down and write. The only place where I really know what I’m doing. And I love getting lost in it.