Unsent Letters - Smith, Heather
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On her seventieth birthday, Elspeth announces that she is taking time off to travel by herself to Spain, Italy, England and Ireland, all places which have a special significance to her. What she doesn't tell them is that she has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. During her travels she writes a letter to each one of her family and friends in which she opens her heart and describes how they have influenced her life. All Elspeth's letters are penned against the backdrop of the social and political changes that occurred during a half century of living on the island of Mallorca, and her…mehr

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On her seventieth birthday, Elspeth announces that she is taking time off to travel by herself to Spain, Italy, England and Ireland, all places which have a special significance to her. What she doesn't tell them is that she has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. During her travels she writes a letter to each one of her family and friends in which she opens her heart and describes how they have influenced her life. All Elspeth's letters are penned against the backdrop of the social and political changes that occurred during a half century of living on the island of Mallorca, and her initial struggle to adapt to a foreign culture after her marriage to a Mallorcan. These are Elspeth's last days, and these are the unsent letters she must now send.
Autorenporträt
Heather Smith was born in Brighton, England in 1950. She studied English and Philosophy at Manchester University for two years before, aged twenty, she made the move to Mallorca, Spain. A degree in Spanish Philology from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) followed and, in 2017, she was awarded an MA in Creative Writing from Oxford Brookes University. Since retiring from teaching A-level English at a Majorcan secondary school, she dedicates her time to translation projects, running a book club and her own writing which she does in both English and Spanish. In 2018 she published a book of poems: Poems of Joy and Melancholy (Ars Poetica, Oviedo, Spain). She contributed to a book of stories about Oxford in Spanish: Relatos de El Trueno Dorado (Editorial Sapere Aude). Her novella The Last Months of Violet Koski (Book Reality, Leschenault, Australia) was released in 2024 and she is currently writing a collection of short stories. Heather is a widow and has two sons and four grandchildren.