A PENSIONER has proved you are never too old to put pen to paper by writing her first novel at the age of 84. Doreen Barratt, who hails from Birmingham and now lives in Torpoint, felt she needed something to keep her busy after her husband died, and set about crafting a story. The Girl on the Moors, available on Kindle devices, tells the tale of a young girl who leaves her home against her father's orders. She travels to Cornwall to look for her grandmother, putting herself in danger and...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 23 hours ago.
A PENSIONER has proved you are never too old to put pen to paper by writing her first novel at the age of 84. Doreen Barratt, who hails from Birmingham and now lives in Torpoint, felt she needed something to keep her busy after her husband died, and set about crafting a story. The Girl on the Moors, available on Kindle devices, tells the tale of a young girl who leaves her home against her father's orders. She travels to Cornwall to look for her grandmother, putting herself in danger and...
Reported by Plymouth Herald 23 hours ago.