Local bestselling author Judith Barrow had just published her latest novel ‘The Memory’.

The novel is a stand-alone book about a woman, Irene Hargreaves, who is the carer for her mother. One a dark evening in 2002 Irene stands by the side of her mother’s bed and knows it is time. For more than forty years she has carried a secret around with her; a haunting memory she hasn’t even confided to her husband, Sam, a man she has loved and trusted all her life. But now she must act before he arrives home.

Irene and her mother, Lil, are bound to each other by the ghost of Irene’s sister, Rose. A little girl with dark hair, a snub nose and an extra chromosome; a genetic hiccup that shaped all their lives. Irene and Sam care for Lil now that dementia has claimed all but her failing body.

Irene is at the end of her tether, but if she consigns her mother to a residential home, she and Sam will lose theirs. Irene blames her mother for Rose’s death, and will never forgive her.

Author Judith, originally from Saddleworth, a group of villages on the edge of the Pennines, has lived in Pembrokeshire, for over forty years.

She has an MA in Creative Writing with the University of Wales Trinity St David’s College, Carmarthen; BA (Hons) in Literature with the Open University; a Diploma in Drama from Swansea University; and is also a Creative Writing tutor for Pembrokeshire County Council and holds private one to one workshops on all genres.

Judith has had short stories, plays, reviews and articles, published throughout the British Isles and has won several poetry competitions.

The book ublished by Honno.co.uk is available in paperback and eBook on Amazon.co.uk