An Amazon Rising Star: a dazzling debut novel about first loves and
second chances.
Judy Taylor married the first man who asked her. She lives in the
neighbourhood where she spent her uneventful childhood. She still has
the same friends she first met in primary school. But everything she
once knew is about to be turned upside down. Judy might be ready to
start a new life in vibrant Edinburgh, if she's prepared to accept what
it means to change. First she has to ask herself if it's ever too late
to make up for lost time. The Emergence of Judy Taylor is a story
about love and life and sex and starlings. It's about Judy and Oliver
and Paul and Fabiana and Rob and Min and Lily and Harry and a French
siren called Isabella.
Angela Jackson was recently named one of UNESCO City of Literature's
emerging writers. By day, she is a coach and a lecturer in psychology
and education. She has written features for various newspapers including
The Guardian and The Independent. The Emergence of Judy Taylor is
her first novel.
