A Different River

Miriam had been freewheeling into a comfortable future, but after a bitter betrayal she's stuck between the dual spectres of maternal servitude and obligation to her octogenarian parents. A random encounter at the local arts centre presents her with job opportunity she would never have imagined in a million years. Mere weeks later, on a visit to her childhood home, she hears news that offers a chance to rewrite the past. Given the luxury of hindsight, making the right decisions about her professional and private lives should be a breeze... But can Miriam's instincts be trusted? There's only one way to find out, she must pinch her nose and jump right in.

Jo Verity began writing in 1999 - to see if she could. In 2003 she won the Richard & Judy Short Story Competition and in 2004, the Western Mail Short Story Competition. Her short stories have been broadcast on Radio 4 and have appeared in magazines and anthologies. Her first novel, Everything in the Garden, was published in 2005. Since then she has published a further five novels - Bells, Sweets from Morocco, Not Funny, Not Clever and A Different River - all with Honno Welsh Women's Press. Jo lives in Cardiff.