Justine Bothwick grew up in Kent and Hampshire, and studied in London. In 2005, she moved to Italy and now teaches English in an international secondary school in Rome. She is married to a Roman architect. Together they have a flat in the city with a small balcony on which she grows her ever expanding collection of plants and watches the local birdlife.
Justine is a graduate of the Manchester Writing School’s Creative Writing MA programme and has short stories published in Fictive Dream , Virtual Zine , Confingo Magazine , and forthcoming in The Lonely Crowd , and with Nightjar Press . In the Mirror, a Peacock Danced is her debut novel.
A heartbreaking yet hopeful tale of one woman’s
determination, told in luminous, shining prose.
*Lucie McKnight Hardy, author of Water Shall Refuse Them*
An extraordinary novel
*Suzanne Goldring, author of My Name is Eva*
A well-told story of personal transformation set in the
midst of societal change
*Laila Ibrahim, author of Golden Poppies*
A moving book, beautifully written
*Carol Cooper, author of The Girls from Alexandria*
A moving, exciting narrative of contrasts.
*Nuala O’Connor, author of NORA*
A perfect, absorbing read
*Marianne Holmes, author of All Your Little Lies*
Bedazzling
*Agatha Zaza, author of The Pretenders*
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