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Philippa Smith is in her forties and has a beautiful newborn baby girl. She also has no husband, and nowhere to turn. So she turns to the only place she knows: the beginning. Retracing her life, she confronts the daily obstacles that shaped her very existence. ** ### Review Sophie Duffy has written a powerful first novel & shows huge promise. Katie Fforde A warm, moving, wonderful read. Wendy Holden An extraordinary story... A born storyteller with a gift for characterization, she writes with warmth, lovely earthy detail and a pathos which keeps a lump lodged in the throat... echoes of Victoria Wood and Laurie Graham, it is a cracking first novel. The Daily Mail Sophie Duffy is a talent to be reckoned with. She writes with empathy, clarity and huge skill. Read The Generation Game and enjoy! Margaret Graham A brave, bold, warm, rich, amusing, engaging novel which sits well alongside more established authors like Kate Atkinson's 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Hello Magazine Deftly written, very moving. The Bookbag A book you just can't put down. Western Morning News This is a beautifully written book... The characters are quite simply brilliant -- Vanity Case Books ### About the Author Sophie is the winner of the 2010 Luke Bitmead Writers Bursary and the Yeovil Literary Prize 2006. 'The Generation Game' was her debut novel and is inspired by Sophie's childhood growing up in a sweet shop in Torquay. As part of Creative Writing Matters, Sophie appraises manuscripts, runs workshops and mentors novelists. She lives by the seaside in Devon with her husband, three teenagers and two Tibetan Terriors. She can often be found in her shed at the bottom of the garden.