Becoming Liz Taylor Elizabeth

Delo

An unforgettable story of baby abduction, which examines motherhood, grief and the legacy of trauma.

Val, a widow living in Weston-super-Mare, spends lonely evenings dressing up as the movie star Elizabeth Taylor. It seems to be a way of coping with the loss and trauma she has experienced in her life. One day, when Val sees a pram left unattended on the seafront, on a whim she kicks off the brake and walks away with it...

Set in the present and the 1970s, Becoming Liz Taylor is a vivid and haunting depiction of love, loss and bereavement – thoughtprovoking fiction for fans of Rachel Joyce, Emma Healey and Ruth Hogan.

Elizabeth Delo trained as a teacher and worked in schools in London, Birmingham, Paris and Somerset, before earning a Master’s degree in Creative Writing. She runs creative writing classes and has worked as a freelance editor. She lives in Somerset with her husband and has three children.