Mr Tumnal

Everyone has an idea of their ideal family. Not everyone’s become real

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About me

Derbyshire born. Suffolk bred. Lives in the shires.

T E Shepherd is an author/illustrator. He writes magic realism set in our, or closely-related, worlds. His debut novel, The End Of All Worlds, was released in 2012. His second novel, and the first in the Imaginary Friends trilogy, Mr Tumnal, was published in 2014. The second in the series, The Imaginary Wife, was published in 2018, and he's currently working on the final instalment, Forgotten Friends. He is also a landscape artist, and is currently working on a project with Erica Smith aka. the Bookshop Blogger to illustrate his way round the country to produce The Booklover's Guide to Bookshops. You can find out about upcoming releases by following on Twitter, liking on Facebook, or by joining the mailing list.

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  The Imaginary Wife

The Imaginary Wife

How would you feel if you discovered you were the imaginary creation of your best friend?

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#Repost @booksandink • • • Recently finished the brilliant #MrTumnal and really looking forward to getting stuck into #TheImaginaryWife – hot off the press! Available to order from us or direct from @shepline #summerreads .•.•.• #newbooks #bookstagrammers #booklovers #fiction #bibliophiles #literature #booktag #shepline #booksandinkbookshop

#Repost @booksandink • • • Recently finished the brilliant #MrTumnal and really looking forward to getting stuck into #TheImaginaryWife – hot off the press! Available to order from us or direct from @shepline #summerreads .•.•.• #newbooks #bookstagrammers #booklovers #fiction #bibliophiles…

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What’s your summer reading? . In Book 1 we met the man who married his imaginary friend. In Book 2, we find out what it’s like to suddenly discover you were the imaginary creation of your best friend… . Available everywhere and in all formats. Link in the bio. . #ImaginaryFriends #amreading #books #TheImaginaryWife #bankholidayreading

What’s your summer reading? . In Book 1 we met the man who married his imaginary friend. In Book 2, we find out what it’s like to suddenly discover you were the imaginary creation of your best friend… . Available…

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Fast forward 50-60 years and we reach the story of Chloë, as she tries to find somewhere called “home”… #ImaginaryFriends . Is this weekend the perfect opportunity to sit in the garden in the sunshine and read #TheImaginaryWife? https://viewbook.at/theimaginarywife

Fast forward 50-60 years and we reach the story of Chloë, as she tries to find somewhere called “home”… #ImaginaryFriends . Is this weekend the perfect opportunity to sit in the garden in the sunshine and read #TheImaginaryWife? https://viewbook.at/theimaginarywife

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Nature, red in tooth and claw

Cuckoo Call by Betty Salthouse Family loyalties, teenage angst, sibling rivalry, murder, attempted suicide. These are powerful, important subjects. Betty Salthouse’s third book Cuckoo Call pulls all the subjects in a story that could easily be about human relationships as it is about a…

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