Isobel Blackthorn - Author
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LOVESICK -  a novelistic memoir


“…this is a story that takes the reader on a tempestuous journey through the music and politics, the frenzies and phobias of Thatcher’s Britain in the 1980s…What shines through in these pages is Isobel Blackthorn’s determination to engage with life truthfully.”  Award-winning author, Robert Hillman

"Lovesick should be compulsory reading for all young people. An important and inspirational book, great testimony to the resilience of a strong woman with an amazing capacity for survival. A thoroughly enjoyable read."  Distinguished broadcaster, Ann Creber 

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Feedback on Lovesick so far
"Love it...I can't put it down...Fantastic...Hilarious...Profound...Inspiring...Very well-written...Thoroughly entertaining...Incredibly brave... Did you really do all that? - Wow!...No, don't do it Isobel! - I just wanted to slap you...I'll be recommending it...Hurry up with that sequel"

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Lovesick:

A wild adventure through Thatcher's Britain, set against a backdrop of the British Indie Music Scene.

Naïve, defiant and incisively witty Isobel fashions her own path through the counter-culture, poverty and politics of the eighties.

By turns absurdly funny, sexually charged and heartrendingly sad, Lovesick is an unforgettable, tragi-comic tale of a young woman’s search for her identity.

Pretty girl, nice smile is all Isobel can say about herself. That, and she’s working class. What matters to her is she’s different. After devouring Camus’ The Outsider she realises for reasons strange to her, she is strange to the world. And she's searching for love. It's a disastrous mix.

Her unquenchable need for romance leads her to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where she takes unconventionality to extremes. She's determined to be truly herself, face her fears, and go with the flow. But her obsession with the charismatic Miguel, thirst for danger and an acquired taste for cocaine launch her into the island's murderous criminal underworld.




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Lovesick is available via iTunes Bookstore
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Lovesick - Paperback

Available at:
Montage Cafe & Wares, Olinda, Victoria. 

Boronia Bargain Books, The Mall, Boronia, Victoria.

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