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Charity Norman

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Kampala, Uganda

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Charity was born in Uganda, brought up in draughty vicarages in Yorkshire and Birmingham, met her future husband under a lorry in the Sahara. She worked as a barrister in York Chambers, until - realising that her three children had barely met her - she moved with her family to New Zealand and began to write.

After the Fall/Second Chances was a Richard & Judy and World Book Night title, The New Woman/ The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone a BBC Radio 2 choice. See You in September (2017) was shortlisted in the Ngaio Marsh Awards. The Secrets of Strangers was a Radio 2 choice and shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh and Ned Kelly Awards. Her seventh, Remember Me, was published in March 2022.

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Average rating: 4.23 · 29,603 ratings · 3,133 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Secrets of Strangers 4.37 avg rating — 9,258 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After the Fall 4.11 avg rating — 4,648 ratings — published 2012 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	See You In September 4.22 avg rating — 4,246 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember Me 4.32 avg rating — 3,620 ratings — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Son-in-Law 4.16 avg rating — 2,505 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone 4.18 avg rating — 2,109 ratings — published 2015 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freeing Grace 3.90 avg rating — 1,577 ratings — published 2010 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Truths 4.15 avg rating — 1,299 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Served Cold: An original short story featuring characters from See You in September (Charity Norman Reading-Group Fiction Book 5) 3.62 avg rating — 154 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charity Norman 5-Book Collection: Gripping Emotional Dramas from the Author of AFTER THE FALL (Charity Norman Reading-Group Fiction 7) 4.52 avg rating — 118 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She’s a firm believer in the healing power of normality. The ordinary little things: the sharing of stories, of food, of smiles, of small comforts. These are the key to survival.”
― Charity Norman, The Secrets of Strangers

tags: comforting, commonsense, little-things-that-matter

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“the things that sets us free. But we didn’t”
― Charity Norman, See You in September

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“Maybe that was what first drew them together: the shared experience of learning at a young age that parents weren’t immortal, and death was really real. Bereaved kids think differently to others.”
― Charity Norman, The Secrets of Strangers

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Voting for April 2020 Group Read - set in England

The Other People by C.J. Tudor

7 votes, 24.1%

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

4 votes, 13.8%

The Second Wife by Sheryl Browne

3 votes, 10.3%

Beware the Past by Joy Ellis

2 votes, 6.9%

Holy Island by L.J. Ross

2 votes, 6.9%

Slow Horses by Mick Herron

2 votes, 6.9%

The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths

2 votes, 6.9%

The Secrets of Strangers by Charity Norman

2 votes, 6.9%

A Keeper by Graham Norton

2 votes, 6.9%

The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson

1 vote, 3.4%

Under the Ice by Rachael Blok

1 vote, 3.4%

One Oblique One: A novel from the Inspector Stark series by Keith Wright

1 vote, 3.4%

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