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Alex McCarthy

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Alex McCarthy was born in Cardiff and grew up in South Wales. An alumna of London Contemporary Dance School, she worked as a dancer and choreographer for a number of years on stage, TV and film. In 2017, following a career change and several years of writing, Alex began to write this novel. She has a daughter and stepdaughter, and lives in Wales.

Books by Alex McCarthy

The Unbroken Beauty of Rosalind Bone

For readers of Claire Keegan, Max Porter and Sarah Moss: An exquisitely observed slice-of-life novella, where secrets and lies bubble under the surface as a unique cast of characters give their version of the truth about life in a rural Welsh village still haunted by the disappearance of a young woman 20 years ago.

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