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Lizzy Barmak has had a ‘collage’ of writing successes including a prize winning play, several published non-fiction articles, and a recent commission for a short story. She use to play the violin but a neck injury put a stop to this. She now works as a holistic counsellor/dream therapist.

Since Sue’s mum’s died a few month’s ago, all she wanted to do was to join her. Sue became a sofa recluse in the day, and unable to sleep at night she Then, one night she saw a shooting star, and with this sighting she felt a shift inside her: she took it as a message of encouragement from her mum to.

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