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Linda Barnsley is a psychotherapist living in Staffordshire. She has written a few short stories, but not had any of them published. She has attended a few workshops in York with Sue Cooper that she found very useful. After retiring from Keele University three years ago to concentrate on her private practice, she would like to rekindle her passion for writing and complete the novel that she started a few years ago.
Prologue
I’ve had thoughts of killing my mother for a long time now.In the pastthey were fleeting thoughts but becoming more often now and staying for longer.She has never been a mother to me!I’ve been the one in the mother role, always parenting her.Ever since my dad diedI have taken responsibility, because she just fell apart.What else could I do?I sometimes look at otherDoing motherly things such as cooking a meal,and concerned for their welfare.Checking if they are wrapped up if its cold.No such fucking thing from my mother!No, it is always me who has to pick up the pieces {literally!}A broken vase that she has knocked off when pissed.Finding her wet knickers, stuffed in the most
