A Taste of Life and Love in Australia by Margaret Lynette Sharp

Rebecca had one year of schooling remaining with her domineering parents pushing her continually, so when Rebecca informed her parents she was in love with Daniel, all they could see was his standing in life, the fact that he wasn’t “good enough” for their daughter. I’ve chosen to review the first of these stories, Run While You’re Young: The first and last are a little longer, delving deeper into different aspects of life, love and family. Long and Short Australian Stories is made up of twenty different romantic tales, mostly short, sweet and to the point. In addition, she has three blogs on WordPress, which has received many encouraging comments. and India the vast majority of reviews have been positive. Margaret's books have been read and reviewed by readers from Australia, U.S. She believes that, without doubt, he was her greatest fan and motivator.Įxcelling in English himself, Ron had edited much of her early work. Shortly after the death of her elderly mother whom she cared for, Margaret met and later married Ronald Sharp B.E.M., the creator of the Sydney Opera House Grand Organ. Her enthusiasm for literature led to further studies, with a particular focus on Short Story Writing

She spent her early years in an inner city suburb of Sydney, moving with her family to a leafy, outer suburb at the age of ten.Ī self-motivated student who loved to seek out information, she matriculated just before her eighteenth birthday. In November 2015 she won a Second Prize, again in the short story section of this same competition, and her title, 'More Than a Mere Bagatelle', has been selected for inclusion in another anthology, 'The Art of Writing'. Her work was highly commended during the the 2014 Hurstville Discovery Festival of Community Arts, and published by Hurstville Council in an anthology entitled 'Write Out Loud'. Margaret Lynette Sharp is an award-winning writer, and the author of over eighty titles, including #1 Amazon Best Seller, 'Longbourn Revisited'.

A Taste of Life and Love in Australia by Margaret Lynette Sharp