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Welsh author Norma Lloyd-Nesling
to hold book signing in Waterstones

Saturday 10 July 2010
10.00am – 1.00pm
Waterstones, 2a The Hayes, Cardiff

'Norma Lloyd-Nesling shows a well-honed Welsh emotional sensitivity and a vibrant awareness of belonging and sense of place…there is a sweet richness in Norma's tale-telling, but it is mixed to the savoury of the common touch' 
Roy Noble

Abercynon-born fiction writer Norma Lloyd-Nesling will be signing copies of her memoir, Season of the long Grass, and her thriller, The Regis Connection in the Cardiff Branch of Waterstones. Take this chance to meet the author and gain an insight into her work.

Season of the Long Grass (Troubador, 2007) is an autobiographical account of growing up in a mining community in the Welsh valleys in the 1950s. It looks at life through the eyes of a child. Physical description of the writer's haunts such as 'Table Rock' in the 'Long Grass' are evocative. Some scenes are funny, some poignant and some colourfully descriptive of the times. Sunday School outings to the seaside, hilarious forays into the countryside, Christmas in Wales, the Welsh Americans, fairgrounds, school life, carnivals and Rock and Roll.

The Regis Connection (Austin & Macauley, 2009) is a thriller set in Nazi Germany. Suspected of belonging to a secret organisation political dissident, Peter Brandt fears for the safety of his son and American wife. With the help of the clandestine Regis they concoct a dangerous plan to spirit them out of Germany under the noses of the Gestapo. Vividly descriptive, acutely atmospheric; a gripping story that leaves an indelible image on the mind of the reader.

To view Norma's Academi Writers of Wales profile, please click here.