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A house filled with history and secrets is more than mere bricks and mortar; not only a mirror on the past, it can also be a window to the future.
"Ian Gouge has written a delightful novel that reminded me of the writing style of Virginia Woolf and Ernest Hemingway. In my opinion this novel deserves to be up there with these literary greats." - Laura-Louise Acock
"masterful..soul-searching. I would have liked to live next door to Owen and Maddie; I feel we would have been friends" - Siobhan Gifford
"a dextrously woven story of how the complexities of any given life remain with us, and remain too within the bricks and mortar that bore witness" - Jonty Pennington-Twist
"a beautifully crafted story" - Janet Burl
Ian Gouge
Ian Gouge has been writing for many years with a number books to his name, mainly novels, short stories, and collections of poetry. He is a prize-winning short story writer and has had his prose and poetry published widely. Since June 2023 he had performed his poetic monologue 'Crash' on five separate occasions. A sometime Indie Publisher, he also mentors at public writers' retreats. You can find his work on Substack at Writing until the light goes out.
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