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Waterstones in Hull are extremely supportive of
Hull & East Riding writers, and carry a stock of many of the books mentioned on this site.
Daphne Glazer lives in Hull where she works as a Quaker
Visiting Minister in Hull Prison, as an FE teacher and a creative writing tutor.
"Goodbye, Hessle Road"
Donna is a drug worker in a prison, she's unconventional, and fiesty. She meets Shane who has a troubled past, but she is haunted by the death of an old friend, and Shane's past worries her. Donna's grandmother Ruby, lives in a tower block on an estate that some taxi drivers might prefer to avoid, but she is happy there. She frequently looks back at her life, and the men she knew, and the places she lived.
Wow!! I loved it - I think the author's affectionate look at Hull, and its inhabitants is fascinating - much of what we see is ravaged and broken, as are the people, the urban underclass and those struggling just above it. As an enthusiatic city dweller I loved the urban realism, I sometimes think I am the only one who sees beauty in places other don't even look at, but in this novel I felt the author knows, and loves the city of Hull, understands its people and its history. I loved Ruby's story, and the nostalgic look back at her own chaotic life, and how she loves the tower block she lives in. I will be looking out for more by this author.
Daphne Glazer’s “By the Tide of the Humber” uses deep water swimming - with its chill, ominous waters, treacherous undertows and shifting sands - to accompany the story of a youngish blonde lifeguard at Beverley Road baths, adrift in her own life, with a wild aunt and a repressed father, dating a married prison warder, who attempts the near-suicidal feat of swimming across the Humber from Spurn Point to Immingham to prove something to herself.
Daphne Glazer’s involving, beguiling style blends crisp, fresh, intelligent narrative with homely Hull dialogue, to deliver a truly satisfying, beautifully inspiring book which builds on her seasoned experience of prison visiting and her precise observation of the eddies and currents between people and life itself. Sublime. (TR).
"The Wardrobe"
"The Wardrobe"
is a collection of poignant short stories based around clothing.
In effect they are vignettes covering minor triumphs and traumas, and are ideal if you would like a little something (rather sweet and not too challenging) to accompany you in the bath, or to settle you down for the night.
However, we cannot escape the feeling that these are
the small scale works of a major key author, and that Dahpne Glazer requires the width and depth of landscape of a full-length
novel to truly flourish and to show us how excellent a writer she undoubtedly is.
So, far our money, and if you are making a choice, go
for "Goodbye Hessle Road" or "By the Tide of the Humber".
These short stories in "The Wardrobe" will entertain you momentarily; her novels will do not only
that but haunt you long after the last page has been turned. (TR).
"Dressing Up"
"Trespass and Trust: Quaker Meetings and Sex Offenders"
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