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''A warm and uplifting read... a gentle and inspiring, yet vital, reminder that life is there to be lived, and that regrets won''t keep you warm as you age'' Justin Myers

''Profound and joyful'' My Weekly

''I loved this moving story about secrecy, shame and the healing power of vulnerability'' Daily Mail

Norman Cartwright, an eighty-six-year-old man living in the small seaside town of Clacton, Essex, has kept his cross-dressing a secret his entire life. A trucker by trade, his lipstick and wigs were donned only in the lonely confines of his lorry, as he sat in lay-bys and drove along empty roads on long trips away from his wife and children. After years of judgement, abuse and fear, Norman no longer knows how to embrace this side of himself, or if anyone would accept him if he did . . .

When his teenage granddaughter, Florence, turns up unannounced, it''s obvious that she, too, has secrets she''s not yet willing to shar

In Search of Ethel Cartwright

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2024
      ISBN13: 9781472158307, 978-1472158307
      ISBN10: 147215830X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A warm and uplifting read... a gentle and inspiring, yet vital, reminder that life is there to be lived, and that regrets won''t keep you warm as you age'' Justin Myers

      ''Profound and joyful'' My Weekly

      ''I loved this moving story about secrecy, shame and the healing power of vulnerability'' Daily Mail

      Norman Cartwright, an eighty-six-year-old man living in the small seaside town of Clacton, Essex, has kept his cross-dressing a secret his entire life. A trucker by trade, his lipstick and wigs were donned only in the lonely confines of his lorry, as he sat in lay-bys and drove along empty roads on long trips away from his wife and children. After years of judgement, abuse and fear, Norman no longer knows how to embrace this side of himself, or if anyone would accept him if he did . . .

      When his teenage granddaughter, Florence, turns up unannounced, it''s obvious that she, too, has secrets she''s not yet willing to shar

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