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Gayle Letherby

I love to write. I am a sociologist who publishes mostly in the areas of methodology (including creative ways to present data), reproduction and non/parental identity, meanings and experiences of love, loss and the aftermath of death, solitude and/or loneliness, gender and identity, working and learning in higher education and travel and transport. I  have been writing fiction and memoir for about 14 years and draw on my own experience - both personal and academic - in my work. Other inspriations come from the books I enjoy and the news items that make me cross. 

Gayle Letherby

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The Date

John wipes his face with this handkerchief. He doesn’t normally sweat under pressure and is surprised by his nervousness. After all they’ve shared...
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Kind Hearts and Brunettes

In September I posted a story focusing on random acts of kindness https://www.abctales.com/story/gletherby/random-acts . For World Kindness Day (13...

Pass the Pepper

‘It’s supposed to be good this place. What shall we have?’ ‘I think I’m gonna go for the carbonara. Do you want to share a salad?’ ‘Sounds good to me...
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Poppy

It’s my birthday today. I’m eight years old. My name is Poppy Rogers. I was born at twenty past nine in the morning on November the 11 th . Mum says...
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Back in the Day

I wake. No need for the alarm. It’s Sunday after all. Stretching I review my day. A quick trip to the gym and then a lazy weekend newspaper-reading...

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