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Being Netta Wilde by Hazel Ward -contemporary fiction

Annette has been made redundant and her friend persuades her to help out

at a food bank- the last thing she really wants to do. All she longs to do is

hide from the world and people in particular. Her son and daughter take

her for granted and are busy with their own lives and live with her

husband. Through doing this she finds more than she ever imagined-

friendship, purpose and a routine she loves. Not everything is about

money- her husband (who she is separated from) and children wanting

her to find a new job so she can support their lifestyles- her husband

doesnt work “ as he’s an artist”- something that grates with Netta.

A wonderful life affirming read of not being taken for granted and

being out done. Of coercive control and subservience to becoming

the butterfly you once dreamt of being but sadly became stuck in the

chrysalis. Of how friends, jam and a dog can make the world go

around and bring out your true colours in a good way. I really

enjoyed this and found myself thinking  “ go girl”. Maybe we can

all see a little of ourselves in Netta? One life - live it! Loved it. 

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Being Netta Wilde An uplifting story of love, loss and second chances that celebrates friendship and human connections. Netta Wilde was all the things Annette Grey isn’t. Netta Wilde was raw, unchecked and just a little bit rebellious. She loved The Clash and she loved being Netta Wilde. Annette Grey is an empty, broken woman who hardly knows her own children. Of course, it’s her own fault. She’s a bad mother. An unnatural mother. At least, that’s what her ex-husband tells her. The one thing she is good at … the one thing that stops her from falling … is her job. When the unthinkable happens, Annette makes a decision that sets her on a journey of self-discovery and reinvention. Along the way, her life is filled with friends, family, dogs, and jam. Lots of jam. Suddenly anything seems possible. Even being Netta Wilde again. But, is she brave enough to take that final step when the secrets she keeps locked inside are never too far away? Purchase Links UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Netta-Wilde-Hazel-Ward-ebook/dp/B0947351XQ US - https://www.amazon.com/Being-Netta-Wilde-Hazel-Ward-ebook/dp/B0947351XQ

Author Bio Hazel Ward was born in a back-to-back house in inner city Birmingham. By the time the council knocked the house flat and packed her family off to the suburbs, she was already something of a feral child who loved adventures. Swapping derelict houses and bomb pecks for green fields and gardens was a bit of a culture shock but she rose to the occasion admirably and grew up loving outdoor spaces and animals. Especially dogs, cats and horses. Strangely, for someone who couldn’t sit still, she also developed a ferocious reading habit and a love of words. She wrote her first novel at fifteen, along with a lot of angsty poems, and was absolutely sure she wanted to be a writer. Sadly, it all came crashing down when her seventeen-year-old self walked out of school after a spot of bother and was either too stubborn or too embarrassed to go back. It’s too long ago to remember which.  What followed was a series of mind-numbingly dull jobs that paid the bills but did little to quell the restlessness inside. Always a bit of a smart-arse, she eventually managed to talk herself into a successful corporate career that lasted over twenty years until, with the bills paid and the children grown up, she was able to wave it all goodbye and do the thing she’d always wanted to do. While taking a fiction writing course she wrote a short story about a lonely woman who was being made redundant. The story eventually became her debut novel Being Netta Wilde. Hazel still lives in Birmingham and that’s where she does most of her writing. When she’s not there, she and her partner can be found in their holiday home in Shropshire or gadding about the country in an old motorhome. Not quite feral anymore but still up for adventures. Social Media Links – https://hazelwardauthor.com https://www.facebook.com/hazelwardauthor https://twitter.com/hazelward https://www.instagram.com/hazel.ward https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmdeA7DKEXhrj6nO6l2gJw