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  Hello everyone. I wanted to write today about where I got my inspiration for Irin Solis, the first character that you meet in my debut novel, Sisterhood. The name Irin means ‘peace’ and the surname Solis means ‘comfort’. I thought that together they would be a good fit for someone descended from a midwife. The birthing of babies has always been womans’ work. As far back as records go women have delivered the babies of their sisters, daughters and friends. They were usually women who were mothers themselves and so they attended these births with knowledge and compassion. Traditionally, the treatment of illness, injuries, pre and postnatal care, were not seen as a profession. The cures and remedies were part of the culture of the area and passed down from mother to daughter and shared between certain women in the community, especially those with a knowledge of herbs and plants. The human body was not understood scientifically and so old wives tales and superstitions in the form of ...

  Hello everyone, it’s so great to be given the opportunity to blog with the Authors Electric!    As this is my first blog, I’ll give you a rundown of what makes me tick.   I’m a mother to three grown ups, and two enormous dogs named Bear and Baloo, they’re Black Russian Terriers and weigh 65 kg and 44 kg respectively. I spend a great deal of time wiping up dribble, from the dogs, not the grown up kids! Baloo the baby! Bear the big boy! Nearly three years ago now, my husband and I decided that we had really had enough of our jobs, the state of the country and the weather, so we upped sticks from the UK and moved to central France. As such our Great French Adventure began! We bought a rundown granite stone farmhouse and embarked on restoring and renovating it. When we arrived we couldn’t speak French and didn’t know the area but the kindness of strangers is real and our French neighbours have been fantastic.  This was how the house looked when we moved in! The mo...