Biography
Lindsay Stanberry-Flynn published her novel Unravelling in 2010, and it has since won three awards. Her second novel The Piano Player’s Son had just been published by Cinnamon Press. A number of her short stories have also been published or successful in competitions. Lindsay has an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University and combines writing with her work as a creative writing tutor. She is currently working on her third novel.
www.lindsaystanberryflynn.co.uk
Lindsay Stanberry-Flynn published her novel Unravelling in 2010, and it has since won three awards. Her second novel The Piano Player’s Son had just been published by Cinnamon Press. A number of her short stories have also been published or successful in competitions. Lindsay has an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University and combines writing with her work as a creative writing tutor. She is currently working on her third novel.
www.lindsaystanberryflynn.co.uk
The Piano Player’s Son
Description
Family is all-important to Isabel. Her parents have an idyllic marriage, and she has tried hard to create one for herself. However, all pretense is shattered when her husband leaves her. On top of this her father dies, leaving Isabel devastated. Then her mother confides in her: behind her parents’ apparently happy marriage was a secret kept for more than three decades. Isabel is staggered by the revelation. Against a back-drop of events that will devastate all their lives and amongst a maelstrom of emotion, breakdown, loss and competing claims, The novel weaves a detailed story of how fragile people negotiate or fail to negotiate challenges and crises; keep secrets, fall apart or try to recover a sense of integrity in the midst of human mess.
Beginning
By four in the morning, the vigil was over. Isabel’s lips touched his forehead. He already felt cold. ‘I love you, Dad,’ she whispered.
The others had said their goodbyes and would be waiting in the car park. Their impatience tugged at her, but she couldn’t bring herself to go. It didn’t seem right to leave him on his own. She gazed at the bristles spiking his chin. How long does a beard keep on growing, she wondered.
Unravelling
Description
Vanessa and Gerald first fall in love in the sixties when she is an art student and he a sculptor. As her tutor, he is a charismatic figure in the young Vanessa's eyes. Their relationship is passionate, thrilling, sexy. They marry and Vanessa pictures them as the glamorous couple of the art world. Reality is different. They have children and Gerald's personality and artistic talent soon eclipse Vanessa's. He belittles her early attempts at fashion design. Eventually he leaves. Suppressing her heartbreak, Vanessa makes a new life for herself with Andrew and her children. Her design business thrives. However, Gerald can't stay away, and Vanessa finds herself captivated by his magic all over again. He insists she belongs with him and must leave Andrew, so triggering a tragic chain of events that comes to dominate their lives.
Beginning
There should be a scar. Vanessa’s often imagined it, an ugly, angry weal crawling over his forehead. Her eyes search for it. The wall light above his head creates a pool of shadow, and she can’t see it. His head is cocked at an angle, just as it used to be, as if the rest of the world’s out of kilter with him and he’s trying to make sense of it.
She steels herself for the moment he’ll look up, but he’s staring into the flickering glow of the candle on the table. The waiter turns to her and raises his eyebrows. He gestures to the table, but she shakes her head.
Description
Family is all-important to Isabel. Her parents have an idyllic marriage, and she has tried hard to create one for herself. However, all pretense is shattered when her husband leaves her. On top of this her father dies, leaving Isabel devastated. Then her mother confides in her: behind her parents’ apparently happy marriage was a secret kept for more than three decades. Isabel is staggered by the revelation. Against a back-drop of events that will devastate all their lives and amongst a maelstrom of emotion, breakdown, loss and competing claims, The novel weaves a detailed story of how fragile people negotiate or fail to negotiate challenges and crises; keep secrets, fall apart or try to recover a sense of integrity in the midst of human mess.
Beginning
By four in the morning, the vigil was over. Isabel’s lips touched his forehead. He already felt cold. ‘I love you, Dad,’ she whispered.
The others had said their goodbyes and would be waiting in the car park. Their impatience tugged at her, but she couldn’t bring herself to go. It didn’t seem right to leave him on his own. She gazed at the bristles spiking his chin. How long does a beard keep on growing, she wondered.
Unravelling
Description
Vanessa and Gerald first fall in love in the sixties when she is an art student and he a sculptor. As her tutor, he is a charismatic figure in the young Vanessa's eyes. Their relationship is passionate, thrilling, sexy. They marry and Vanessa pictures them as the glamorous couple of the art world. Reality is different. They have children and Gerald's personality and artistic talent soon eclipse Vanessa's. He belittles her early attempts at fashion design. Eventually he leaves. Suppressing her heartbreak, Vanessa makes a new life for herself with Andrew and her children. Her design business thrives. However, Gerald can't stay away, and Vanessa finds herself captivated by his magic all over again. He insists she belongs with him and must leave Andrew, so triggering a tragic chain of events that comes to dominate their lives.
Beginning
There should be a scar. Vanessa’s often imagined it, an ugly, angry weal crawling over his forehead. Her eyes search for it. The wall light above his head creates a pool of shadow, and she can’t see it. His head is cocked at an angle, just as it used to be, as if the rest of the world’s out of kilter with him and he’s trying to make sense of it.
She steels herself for the moment he’ll look up, but he’s staring into the flickering glow of the candle on the table. The waiter turns to her and raises his eyebrows. He gestures to the table, but she shakes her head.