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I'm Still Standing

Richard Smith

KEY SELLING POINTS
• An uplifting story of unlikely romance, set against a background of music and ‘80s nostalgia.
• Features engaging and unconventional characters who struggle to connect, but eventually find
love.
• Themes of conservation and social change make this a book that will resonate especially with
readers who remember Britain in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s.
• The book will be accompanied by a major publicity campaign commissioned with Cameron
Publicity and Marketing.

Two young people are struggling to find themselves and a role in life. For one, the world is changing
too quickly. For the other, change can’t come soon enough. Linking them are overgrown railway
sidings - home to wildlife but about to be destroyed.

Jill Standing is mocked because of her name, ignored because of the way she looks and thought
wacky because of her views on the environment. Harry Pratt is mired in traditions foisted on him by
his father. His interests are vintage jukeboxes, creating Christmas cracker jokes and his boss, Sarah.
He has no interest whatsoever in the environment. They’re indifferent to one another, yet both want to
preserve the sidings, but for different reasons. Campaigning against a big business, a shared love of
Blondie and a reclusive, retired schoolteacher transforms their lives.

Set in 1989, and with a backdrop of music, environmental concerns and nostalgia, it follows
frustrating wrong turns to a surprising, heart-warming conclusion..

Richard Smith is an award-winning video writer, director, and producer, who stepped away from the camera to
write his first novel, the acclaimed Homeward Bound, in 2021. He owns a jukebox and a record collection,
some of which might be welcomed at Sotheby’s, most of which would be rejected by Oxfam. Richard resides
in London.

Publication Date: 28th April 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781805143062
Thema subject category: FB – Fiction: general and literary
paperback 216 x 138 mm 320 pp Portrait Author location: London

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