The Stopping Place - Couverture souple

For a woman who wants to remain invisible, a shelving job at a quiet suburban library provides the perfect cover. Ruby sees a lot from behind the stacks -- maybe even enough to bring her out of hiding. And that could be a problem. Because everyone has a history, especially someone who's trying desperately to forget their own...
Praise for Helen Slavin:
'A highly original talent... very much a writer to watch'
Beryl Bainbridge
'Imaginatively told with a true sense of magic'
Daily Mail
'[Slavin] reels you in, teases you and rewards you'
Scotsman
'Will charm, move and scare you in equal measure'
My Weekly

Helen Slavin is the author of The Extra Large Medium. She was born in Lancashire in 1966 and, after the University of Warwick, she had a variety of jobs as a temporary secretary before moving to Wiltshire. There, she got married and had a son and a daughter. She has written for radio and television, including scripts for The House of Eliott and the BBC Sunday night family drama, Down to Earth.