My fictionalised memoir has now been published. It is available on Amazon and Waterstone’s catalogue.
The biggest secret is your mind.
Open it.
On her seventieth birthday, Elspeth announces that she is taking time off to travel by herself to Spain, Italy, England and Ireland, all places which have a special significance to her.
What she doesn’t tell them is that she has been diagnosed with a terminal illness.
During her travels she writes a letter to each one of her family and friends in which she opens her heart and describes how they have influenced her life.
All Elspeth’s letters are penned against the backdrop of the social and political changes that occurred during a half century of living on the island of Mallorca, and her initial struggle to adapt to a foreign culture after her marriage to a Mallorcan.
These are Elspeth’s last days and these are the unsent letters she must now send.
This is a reflection on the joys and difficulties of living on the Island of Mallorca for over 50 years. It is also a witness to the changing role of women in Spanish society and to the huge political and social changes that have taken place over the last decades. Above all, it is a letter of gratitude to love, friendship and family.
I will be at the Indie Book Fair in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on Sunday 4th May from 10am to 4pm. I will have a stand presenting both The Last Months of Violet Koski and Unsent Letters. So if anyone is in the area and interested, it would be great to meet you!
The words of Heather Smith 
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