HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY TO COURSE DIRECTOR CATHY HAYWARD

Happy Publication Day to our course director Cathy Hayward whose third novel THE MISSING MOTHER OF ROSE COTTAGE is published today by Lake Union in paperback, on Kindle and audiobook. The story is a dual timeline tale of twisted family secrets set in Berwick-upon-Tweed and Brighton.

Joanne has always believed her mother died giving birth to her. It’s a painful truth, but one she’s accepted. Then, while sorting through old baby clothes, she finds a photograph tucked away in a box—her birth mother, smiling and very much alive, cradling a newborn in her arms.

As Joanne starts searching, the answers she gets only lead to more questions. Her journey takes her to Rose Cottage, where her mother once lived, and into a past filled with long-hidden secrets. Can she find out what really happened? What could be so terrible that her father has kept it from her for her whole life—and is she ready for the truth? You can buy a signed copy here, or grab it on Kindle or Audiobook.

As well as leading the Creative Writing Programme, Cathy is also an alumni of the programme. She took the course from 2015-17 and started writing her debut novel on the programme. THE GIRL IN THE MIDNIGHT MAZE was published in 2021.