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"Writing is like breathing to me - even if I want to stop for a
while, have a break, regroup, I simply can't. I find I can't stop
the ink running across blank sheets. When I went to Cornwall to
write this novel, it took me over. I'm so thankful it did." - Laura
May
'The Letterbox Man' is a tale of love and loss in the life of
Beth Spencer, set in the beautiful, haunting village of Polruan,
Cornwall. Returning to Polruan for one week to clear her mother's
house following her death, Beth, herself now an old woman, knows
that she has hurt too much and has been away for too long, and that
it is time to forgive the village and its river for the pain they
caused her in the past.
As Beth revisits the village of her childhood she is resigned to
the fact that she is old and that she is dying. However, she is not
prepared for the overwhelming beauty and peace that greets her
there, and she is startled to find, among the ghosts of the past, a
chance for a future.
In turns rich, vivid, poetic and sorrowful, the first novel from
Laura May, a young woman tackling Bipolar Disorder, is a poetic
achievement.
About the Author
Born in 1983, Laura May was always 'different'. In 2008, after
ten years of being treated for depression, anxiety and suicidal
tendencies, she was diagnosed with rapid cycling Bipolar Disorder.
Over the past eleven years Laura May has experienced psychotic
episodes, has attempted suicide and has had several bouts of
extreme mania and depression, all of which she has tackled through
her writing.
Laura works within mental health, and possesses a degree in
English Literature from the University of Hull. She lives in Essex
with her wife and their 'babies', the many cats and dogs
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