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Elizabeth baines biography

          Elizabeth Baines was born in South Wales.!

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          January 2025
          Orbital
          Smantha Harvey


          Clare suggested this 2024 Booker winner, and we were all very interested to read it for its unusual and extremely topical subject matter.

          Set on the International Space Station, it follows its sixteen orbits of the earth over a twenty-four hour period, each time moving a little more to its west.

          Elizabeth Baines is the author of two short story collections and three novels (all available from Salt), and has written prize-winning drama for BBC Radio 4.

        1. Elizabeth Baines is the author of two short story collections and three novels (all available from Salt), and has written prize-winning drama for BBC Radio 4.
        2. Elizabeth was been a secondary-school teacher and taught Writing at Manchester University and Bolton Institute.
        3. Elizabeth Baines was born in South Wales.
        4. Pseudonym of UK author, playwright and sometime teacher, actor, editor and publisher Helen White ().
        5. Elizabeth Baines Author Record # ; Legal Name: White, Helen; Birthplace: Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, UK; Birthdate: 18 June ; Language: English.

          6. There is no plot beyond that orbital progression, but detailed descriptions of the conditions inside the craft and the day-to-day work and experience of the crew, and of the stunning views through the windows of the earth and of space, and meditations on the implications for the earth and for humanity.

          There was much that impressed us - the descriptions of earth are beautiful, and the contemplations of its fate extremely moving, but several members of the group immediately questioned, as other commentators have done, if this is really a novel.

          There is no dramatic action. Ast