Cathy Penman: 4 books

This book was inspired by ‘Mayhew’s Characters’ by Henry Mayhew. Mayhew’s book is a collection of observations on various idiosyncratic people the author encountered or interviewed during his life, and is an important social commentary from the 19th century. It prompted me to compile my own...

A short story for children and adults, inspired by a visit to St Moritz in Switzerland, about wild white horses living in the Alps, and the young boy who befriends them.

One day, with the help of a cat, a young girl called Laura discovers that she has a very special talent. As she grows up, she nurtures it – but always in secret. She is right in thinking that she might be in danger, should anyone find out about her unusual mental ability and seek to exploit it....

Life rushes on for us all, our days filled with the mundane, the trivial, the routine. Until sometimes, for some of us, something big and horrible and unexpected happens – like a bereavement. The author of ‘A Widow’s Words’ has just lost her husband of nearly thirty years. Partly as therapy,...