Publications

Dr Clegg's Machete Tangible Press, 1998 (£7.50, plus £1.50 postage)

The story of a young female doctor who is confronted by a woman whose baby has died following pre-eclampsia in the pregnancy. Doctor Avril Clegg becomes obsessed by this enigmatic disease. Her emotional involvement inspires brilliant clinical insights and intense professional opposition -- and amongst those who love her, both devotion and despair.

Based on the work of the American obstetrician Thomas H Brewer.

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Harvests & Harvesters
Gollancz, 1987

A portrait of the men and women who produce Britain's fruit and vegetables, from raspberries in Blairgowrie to garlic on the Isle of Wight, carrots in East Anglia to courgettes on the Cornish Riviera. Harvests tells the why, where and how of commercial horticulture in this country through the stories of the harvesters. It chronicles enormous changes in the ways fruit and vegetables are produced, highlighting a wide range of attitudes to intensive growing methods and marketing philosophy.

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