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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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Down with the old folks

‘Well it’s a job I guess, beggars can’t be choosers and all that.’ ‘Are you sure you really want to take it sweetheart? We can last a bit longer if...
Cherry

You're only mid-life once

A couple of weeks ago I overheard someone say, ‘You’re only young once’. A well-used, but odd phrase, don’t you think, for aren’t we all each and...
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Remembered loves and unknown others

(This is a piece of fiction but with many connections to my own life and experience). Pleased that she’s ahead of herself this year Clara is writing...
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Cherry

Shades of Grey

NB:this piece of memoir contains references to loss, incluiding baby loss. Shades of Grey I’m sitting in my neighbour’s flat. She lives on the floor...

Love is...

Love. Such a simple, pure word, if taken at first glance. BUT ‘I love strawberries’ ‘I love the football’ ‘I love jazz’ ‘I love a bit of stir’,...
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