The Writing Class

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From the author of The House of Second Chances and A Week to Remember comes a warmly captivating story of love, loss and new beginnings

Irishwoman Vivian Molloy has lived so long on the beautiful north-west coast of Tasmania, she considers herself a local. Recently separated from Dave, her husband of nearly thirty years, she is still trying to come to terms with her new single life when an old colleague asks her to run a writing course at the local library. Apprehensive but unwilling to back out, Vivian takes on the class – and finds an ensemble of characters with different motivations for attending.

Oscar has come to Tasmania to house-sit for his sister, but when he joins the group he encounters both unexpected challenges and a new-found community. Nineteen-year-old new mum Sienna is encouraged by her case worker to attend. Once an able student, Sienna is best by fears, but also hope for herself and her baby. Marilyn joins the class under protest. Tired of living with a dysfunctional family, she is surprised when the course becomes a catalyst for change in her own life and the lives of others.

As the weeks go by, Vivian’s old classroom confidence returns but when daughter Clodagh has a crisis of her own, Vivian and Dave must pull together to help her.

Praise for Esther Campion
‘Warm, wise and full of humour’ CATHY KELLY
‘Joins the captivating Maeve Binchy in the pantheon of popular Irish novelists’ Irish Scene

Esther Campion is from Cork, Ireland and currently lives in north-west Tasmania. She attended North Presentation Secondary School in Cork and has degrees from University College Cork and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Esther and her Orcadian husband have lived together in Ireland, Scotland, Norway and South Australia. They have two grown-up children in Adelaide and the youngest at home in Tassie. Esther loves sharing her life on a small property with an over-indulged chocolate Labrador, a smoochy cat and a couple of ageing mares, all of whom she firmly believes are living proof that dreams really can come true. Esther’s heartwarming debut novel, Leaving Ocean Road, was followed by The House of Second Chances and A Week to Remember.

Additional information

Imprint	Hachette Australia
Format	General Trade
ISBN-13	09780733645532
ISBN-10	0733645534
Author	Esther Campion
Audience	General / adult