Christine Lawrence
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Caught In The Web
Set in England in 1973 – Karen, struggling in a controlling relationship, throws herself into her work
in a mental hospital and becomes obsessed with the life of Evelyn, forgotten by her family after
being locked away in 1950 after giving birth to an illegitimate child. When Karen becomes
pregnant herself she finds herself in more danger than she could ever have imagined.
DON’T STEP ON THE CRACKS
At the hostel she meets Wes, a friend from her past and now an outreach worker. Will their revived friendship help her situation, or make things worse, when her husband Rob scours the
streets of Fareham determined to win her back at any cost
EMILY
Now living within the confines of the
Portsmouth Borough Asylum and forced to work in the laundry as part of her treatment, she suffers
more and more and can see no end to this nightmare life she is living. As time passes, things start to
improve when she is moved from the laundry to working on the asylum farm. Will this be a way for
her to recover fully, or is she doomed to stay behind these high walls for the rest of her life?
GRACE
A story of love gained and lost and new loves discovered in the setting of
what was to become St. James Mental Hospital.
Moments Of Darkness
MOMENTS OF DARKNESS
Christine’s collection of dark and quirky short stories, many of which were written
for spoken word events.
More Moments of Darkness
MORE MOMENTS OF DARKNESS
Christine’s second volume of dark and quirky short stories.
PAYBACK
Gemma, fighting her own addiction to heroin, is trying hard to pay back her debt to society.
Volunteering in a charity shops leads her into a difficult situation when she forms an unlikely
alliance with Kevin, another of the volunteers. When she comes across her ex-boyfriend, drugdealer Billy, things get even more dangerous.
Filled with suspense: Is there a body in the cellar, or is it only in Kevin’s over-developed
imagination? Or perhaps just in Billy’s psychotic paranoid mind?
SOUTHWICK LONG AGO
A collection of short accounts from the life of Herbert Wing, one-time resident of
Southwick. This publication is in his own words and tells of his childhood in the
early part of the 20th Century and life in Southwick at the time.
Edited and published by Christine Lawrence