In The Frame by Rowena Edlin-White

The thirteen stories collected for In the Frame address the transitional moment when we pass from the last stage of our childhood into the first stage of adulthood. The stories illustrate how a key event in our lives can force us to change our understanding of the world.

Amongst the stories on offer, Berlie Doherty gives us a glimpse of the start of a murder mystery. B. K. Mahal shows the way people cope in places alien to them as well as to us. Gwen Grant gives us the reactions when we are witness to others secrets. David Belbin’s character finds that being gay brings an unexpected danger. Nick Mann frames adult hypocrisy for us all to see. With Chris D’Lacey we are taken on the ride of our lives. Sylvia Hall shows us the moment when the tormented turns and faces the tormentor.

Each story gives a voice to the feelings and emotions we experience when changing from child to adult.

Contributors: Pauline Chandler, Berlie Doherty, Chris D’Lacey, Gwen Grant, Sylvia Hall, Linda Kempton, B.K.Mahal, Nick Manns, Lynne Markham, Bette Paul, Caroline Pitcher and Gill Vickery.

Reviews of In The Frame

	01 September 2006
Reviewer: Jo Klaces Publication: The Times Educational Supplement
The stories in In the Frame are by writers living and working in the East Midlands, and explore that no-man's land between childhood and becoming an adult. They offer interesting enough phenomena for class discussion before a word is read. There is a terrific range of stories here, ranging form a futuristic expose of the bleak consequences of so-called joyriding ("Drive" by Chris d'Lacey) to the soothing and surprising "Newts" by Pauline Chandler which reaches back a few years and weaves still darkness, sweet innocence and family drama in a surprising dark pond. Some well-known authors are reresented: David Belbin, whose edgy prose pricles and disturbs, and Berlie Doherty, whose extact from a longer work, "Strawberry Wine", whets the appetite. One of the many good things about this collection is that the cover is gender-neutral, welcoming both boys and girls to stories featuring heroes and heroines. Jo Klaces

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