Author
Sara James
Hi, my name is Sara James (aka Sara Sarre). I studied fashion design at St Martin’s School of Art and went on to be a designer for ‘Jigsaw’, a British fashion clothing retailer, and later a fashion journalist. My love of reading and writing led me to do an MA in creative writing at Sussex University and after that I completed a novel writing course at Curtis Brown Creative. I discovered a talent for editing following my involvement in a number of writers’ workshops. After being asked to read more and more novels, I was eventually offered a fee and so I founded BPA (bluepencilagency) in 2015. The editorial consultancy works with both published and unpublished authors providing editorial support, workshops, retreats and writing competitions. Prior to this, I worked as an Interiors journalist for national papers and magazines and have also written a number of short stories that have been published, recorded for radio and shortlisted.
By Sara James
Mothering Sunday
Fiction Novel
A heart-rending and absorbing story about motherhood, forbidden love, long-buried secrets, sacrifice and forgiveness – for fans of family dramas and ITV’s Long Lost Family.
About the book
One crisp and bright Mothering Sunday, Alexandra Abbott’s now elderly mother, Elizabeth, reveals a secret that she has kept buried for over 50 years…
April 1963: Aspiring artist Kitty Campbell has recently given birth to her first child in a mother and baby home. Kitty is to give her baby away for adoption but, when the day comes, she can’t bring herself to part with her tiny daughter.
In desperation, Kitty flees. She stops at a tea shop to feed her hungry baby and meets the owner, Bet – a mother with her own heartache to bear. But Bet is kind to Kitty, holding the baby and offering a listening ear.
Then Kitty makes a decision that will change all their lives for ever. Several decades later, can the truth from that day finally right the past and bring a mother and daughter together?
‘A tender and heart-breaking story with a shocking family secret at its centre…I was weeping happy tears at the end’
– Saskia Sarginson
Other Books
Mothering Sunday
Christmas Day
Coming Soon!
Available Christmas 2021
Christmas Day
Fiction
By pre-ordering the book you can grab it as soon as it’s published, or we can send it right to your door.
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Author Sara JamesThe day of publication had to be up there as one of the most memorable days of my life. The only time I can remember receiving that many flowers was on the birth of my first child. Orion sent the most splendid bunch of tulips to match the cover, and...
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