The Passionate Pen - Rachel McAlpine Publisher: Hazard Press SoftCover

They are read for escapism, for relaxation, for sheer pleasure. Many people think they could toss one off and make big money as a result. They put this New Zealand on the map in a way few other activities or events can match. They are romance novels - and the New Zealand women who write them are the subjects of this surprising, funny and often moving book. The fifteen women who talk to writer Rachel McAlpine in The Passionate Pen are responsible for some of the most popular books in the world and they have, between them, an extraordinary number of fans. Essie Summers, for example, has been loved for forty years as the Queen of Romance and the sales of her books are estimated at seventeen million. Yet, too often, these writers are regarded as literary Cinderellas, despised or laughed at by those who have never read (or tried to write) a light romance themselves.

Very Good Condition (First page name, Pages discouloured)

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