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Sarah Rayner was born in London. She spent her childhood in Richmond, Surrey, then became a punk, spiked her hair and went to Leeds University to study English and get chilblains. She returned to London in the late ’80s, flattened her hair and worked in fashion PR for a bit, before her boss told her she was better at writing than schmoozing clients, and suggested she become an advertising copywriter. She took the hint, and after ten years in various London agencies she turned freelance, got some short stories published by Woman’s Own, and the rest is (small scale) history.

Sarah has written four novels, The Other Half (2001), Getting Even (2002) and One Moment, One Morning (Picador 2010). It was the latter that proved her 'break...more


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Hi folks, just to let you know of a few author events I have coming up to celebrate the launch of my fourth novel, The Two Week Wait.

* Richmond Waterstones, 16 Feb, 7:30pm
* Leeds Waterstones, 23 Feb, 7.00pm
* Haywards Heath Waterstones, 25 Feb 2-4.30pm

This month it is available exclusively through Waterstones. From 1st March it is out everywhere.

Be lo... read more »
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Published on February 08, 2012 09:12 • 29 views
Average rating: 3.49 · 578 ratings · 176 reviews · 4 distinct works
One Moment, One Morning
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 553 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions
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The Two Week Wait
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
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The Other Half
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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Getting Even
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings3 editions
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One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner
" The fact that at one moment lives can be shattered and turned around is something that we all experience at one point in our lives. Karen, Anna and Lou, the main characters of this book are brought together by this one incident. How this incident ... "
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"It's a Trade Paperback - the technical term for one of those big posh ones, you know? If you want to wait till the Mass Market Paperback, it'll be abo...more"
The Two Week Wait by Sarah Rayner
" From the author of One Moment, One Morning, and featuring the same characters of Lou, Karen and Anna, but this takes their lives in a wholly different direction. In this book, Lou steps into the forefront, deciding to have a child following a health ... "
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One Moment, One Morning by Sarah Rayner
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Won a copy through Goodreads' First Reads program.

Deeply touching, moving, and heart warming. The characters seemed very real and easy to identify with. A great lesson for coping with loss through friendship. "
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" I loved this story! I eagerly anticipate the next book by this author! "
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Sarah made a comment on Launch events for new book:
"There may yet be more, but first I'm off to New York to see One Moment, One Morning in bookshops in America!"
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The publishers sure have missed a marketing trick on this book - it should be subtitled 'for fans of Mad Men' or some such - the parallels are so marked. Even the names of the two characters, Tom and Betsy, are spookily like Don and Betty - or maybe ...more
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