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Lisa Manterfield

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I’m Lisa Manterfield and I love telling stories.

I’m a curious cat and I’m fascinated by human behavior and what makes people tick.

I love fish-out-of-water stories of ordinary people in extraordinary situations, especially if those situations delve into the unexplained.

I love digging up nuggets of history—not the vast sweeping stories of events that changed the world, but the personal stories of people making their way through life while history happened around them.

Like many of my characters, I grew up in the north of England. Although my hometown of Sheffield is a big city, I fell head-over-heels in love with the surrounding countryside and spent most of my early years outdoors.

In school, I became my county’s orienteering champion, which m ...more

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Em’s Book Birthday = Presents for You

Today is the 3rd Book Birthday of THE SMALLEST THING! When the book came out in 2017, I never imagined we’d be living our own version of the story. But here we are. Regardless, I am celebrating. I have birthday gifts for YOU. Three winners will each have a choice of prizes. Up for grabs are: […]

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	A Strange Companion 3.24 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood 3.78 avg rating — 120 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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 Smallest Thing 3.96 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2017 — 5 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
	Life Without Baby: Surviving and Thriving When Motherhood Doesn't Happen 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings — 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
	Life Without Baby Workbook 1: Letting Go of the Dream of Motherhood 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	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
	Life Without Baby: Holiday Companion by Lisa Manterfield (Goodreads Author), Kathleen Guthrie Woods it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	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
	Life Without Baby Workbook 4: Thriving in a New Happily Ever After it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	Life Without Baby Workbook 3: Dealing With the Day-to-Day Challenges it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015	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
	Life Without Baby Workbook 2: Getting Through the Grief of Childlessness it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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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I'm Taking My Eggs and Going Home: How One Woman Dared to Say No to Motherhood (Biographies & Memoirs)

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Curl Up and Die (A Glam Van Mystery, #1)

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“As skeptical as I was about the reincarnation hypothesis, part of me wanted it to be true. If the people we loved came back to us, then all the tragedy in life might somehow be a little easier to accept.”
― Lisa Manterfield, A Strange Companion

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