Comments on: Glasshopper by Isabel Ashdown to launch September 2009 http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/ Glasshopper: "A wonderful debut - intelligent, understated and sensitive" Observer Review Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:58:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: angela oatley http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-127 angela oatley Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:46:25 +0000 #comment-127 Met you at Waterstones Newport. I loved Glasshopper. So looking forward to your next book. Wishing you greatly deserved success. Met you at Waterstones Newport. I loved Glasshopper. So looking forward to your next book. Wishing you greatly deserved success.

]]> By: Vicki Lock http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-9 Vicki Lock Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:15:47 +0000 #comment-9 Hi Issie, it's been a few years since I last saw you! Sasha forwarded the link to your blog and I just wanted to wish you all the best for the launch of your first novel, I will pre-order a copy now! All the best Vicki xx Hi Issie, it’s been a few years since I last saw you! Sasha forwarded the link to your blog and I just wanted to wish you all the best for the launch of your first novel, I will pre-order a copy now! All the best Vicki xx

]]> By: Jane Osis http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-8 Jane Osis Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:20:08 +0000 #comment-8 Even in this tantalising opening, the intensity of a heartbreaking moment is balanced by an edge of humour. Only a couple of months and I can read the rest . . . Even in this tantalising opening, the intensity of a heartbreaking moment is balanced by an edge of humour. Only a couple of months and I can read the rest . . .

]]> By: Dominic Ashdown http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-7 Dominic Ashdown Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:51:03 +0000 #comment-7 As Issies's brother, and having grown up with shared family experiences, I am awaiting the opportunity to read this book with great anticipation. It may prove to be a more personal read because of our shared childhood and I am very much looking forward to the books release. The cover alone looks fabulous. I am very proud of Issy for this achievement. She is the sort of person who works very hard and seems to succeed in everything she puts her hand to. Her future career (or should I say current career as she has already arrived) I am sure will be no exception. Her belief in her own abilities and her drive to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a writer is inspiring to me. I know that our Father, who was a very literary person, would be full of pride over her achievements and I hope in some way that he may be aware. I just hope she will have time for her old brother when she hits the big time, which I am confident is going to happen. Go for it Iss! As Issies’s brother, and having grown up with shared family experiences, I am awaiting the opportunity to read this book with great anticipation. It may prove to be a more personal read because of our shared childhood and I am very much looking forward to the books release. The cover alone looks fabulous.

I am very proud of Issy for this achievement. She is the sort of person who works very hard and seems to succeed in everything she puts her hand to. Her future career (or should I say current career as she has already arrived) I am sure will be no exception. Her belief in her own abilities and her drive to fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a writer is inspiring to me. I know that our Father, who was a very literary person, would be full of pride over her achievements and I hope in some way that he may be aware. I just hope she will have time for her old brother when she hits the big time, which I am confident is going to happen.

Go for it Iss!

]]> By: Dave Hailwood http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-6 Dave Hailwood Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:49:39 +0000 #comment-6 Hope the launch goes well, Issie! I enjoyed seeing the book develop during the MA. Have to pick up a copy when it's out. Hope the launch goes well, Issie!

I enjoyed seeing the book develop during the MA. Have to pick up a copy when it’s out.

]]> By: Juliet West http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-5 Juliet West Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:48:13 +0000 #comment-5 Great cover! Great first chapter! I can't wait to read the whole thing... Great cover! Great first chapter! I can’t wait to read the whole thing…

]]> By: Laura Cummins http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-4 Laura Cummins Wed, 27 May 2009 09:30:02 +0000 #comment-4 I was working with Issie whilst she was completing her studies and writing this book. I look forward to reading it with great anticipation. If the passion and joy by which Issie lives her life is anything to go by, then this book is definately worth reading. I was working with Issie whilst she was completing her studies and writing this book. I look forward to reading it with great anticipation. If the passion and joy by which Issie lives her life is anything to go by, then this book is definately worth reading.

]]> By: abigail mallett http://isabelashdown.com/2009/05/13/hello-world/#comment-3 abigail mallett Mon, 25 May 2009 10:59:42 +0000 #comment-3 Having had the wonderful opportunity to read this book before its release, I urge everyone to pre-order a copy. It is beautifully written with humour, sadness and hope. The characters are so skillfully brought to life that they still live with me today. Roll on September Having had the wonderful opportunity to read this book before its release, I urge everyone to pre-order a copy. It is beautifully written with humour, sadness and hope. The characters are so skillfully brought to life that they still live with me today.
Roll on September

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