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Your Friend Forever
By Zena Barrie
Your Friend Forever
By Zena Barrie
A novel in letters – from 12 year old Maud (and 42 year old Maud) to her favourite pop star
1981 We meet Maud, a lonely confused 12-year-old girl living on an estate in Preston with her dysfunctional parents and her elder brother.
As Maud’s family fall apart at the seams she reaches out to her favourite pop star Tom Harding of punk rock band Horsefly, the only person she thinks will understand everything she is going through and who might just have the answers to her many, many questions.
2011 We find Tom Harding at the beginning of a campaign trail for his new solo single but his manager doesn’t have Tom’s best interests at heart and the stunts he’s asked to pull to get publicity become more and more bleak.
Meanwhile Maud is 20 years into a marriage that has become miserable.
She gets some good news though, her best friend’s husbands friend has just fitted Tom Harding’s new stair carpet and Tom’s email address is passed on to Maud.
So once again, after 30 years, Maud begins to write to Tom
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Zena Barrie
Zena Barrie lives in Manchester and runs The Greater Manchester Fringe and the Camden Fringe. She ran the Kings Arms pub and Theatre in Salford for a while and also The Etcetera Theatre in Camden as well as working in a wide variety of roles at The Edinburgh Fringe.
In the 90’s she did a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts specialising in playwriting.
Up until recently she has been co-hosting the award winning spoken word night Verbose. This is her first novel. She writes lots of twisted short stories too.
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29th March 2021Gold sequin trousers
Hi all,
Hope you're all doing ok and that you're not reading this from a hospital bed.
It's now 1 month until my book is finally out, Covid put it back first and then Brexit... what a pile of crap.
A few people have asked me about a launch and the thing is, I bought a pair of gold sequinned trousers, because that's what writers wear isn't it? So I hope to be able to wear them soon at a launch…
13th November 2020Lockdown mania
Hi all,
A few of you have messaged me saying things like "where's me sodding book then?" It's coming soon, on the 15th April. It got put back because of the CORONA virus, I'm not sure if you've heard of it?
100% of my work has been cancelled this year, sometimes cancelled twice so it's been quite interesting... and also awful and well I'm quite looking forward to this vaccine whenever it arrives…
25th June 2020Cover Reveal!
Hi all, here's a lovely bit of joy amongst this wasteland of corona virus life ruining shit we all find ourselves in. My book cover!
It was designed by Mecob Design who have designed loads of ace covers including one for top hotty Barack Obama.
So a big THANKYOU to you all for all your support so far. The publishing date is still set for 15th April 2021 so there's still a while to wait but…
21st April 2020Publication date
Hi all you lovely lot,
How are you getting on? Have any of you gone nuts yet?
Today I am trying to teach my daughter about The Romans. What I have found is I only know two things about Romans. That they had powerful noses and they built nice straight roads. I didn't mention the nose thing to her though in case it's not PC but I have told her about the roads.
I have been watching films about…
7th September 2019Your Friend Forever
Hi all, you absolute belters.
Thanks so much for supporting my book.
I'm at 54% now, I'm giving myself til the end of September to finish crowd funding and then after that I'll send my daughter up a few chimneys to raise the last few quid and then i'll have done it.
Once I'm at 100% i'll have to get my final draft finished, i'll probably go away for a few days to escape from the internet and…
25th June 2019Wet Cotton Shirt
Hi all,
Thanks so much for pledging. There's 137 of you so far which is EXCELLENT.
Here is another little extract. It's one of Mauds letters from the first half of the book.
Letter to Friends of Horsefly
PO BOX 113,
London,
W2
4th August 1981
Dear Tom
(Or do you prefer being called Thomas? Or did your Mum Christen you just ‘Tom’ I like both names, I would love to know how to…
21st June 2019A Midsummer Night's insomnia
Morning all,
Happy Midsummer's day. It's 4.58 am. I have been awake for HOURS.
No fairies or donkeys though (so far, though maybe that's suppsed to happen tonight).
I just can't sleep because it's too light and my head switched on, and once it's on, it's very difficut to turn it off again.
My crowd funding is going well so far, 33% with 129 backers THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU.
I have sold…
