Tara Hanks
Author of 'The Mmm Girl' and 'Wicked Baby'
Wicked Baby
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What it's about
It's 1960, and a seventeen year-old girl is alone in London. While working as a dancer in a club, she meets a jaded society doctor who introduces her to rich and powerful men.
But Christine Keeler is much more than just another empty-headed beauty. Privy to secrets that threaten the heart of government, she is hunted down and forced to tell the truth as she sees it.
Wicked Baby is a novella based on the events of the Profumo Affair, a tale of innocence corrupted that dares to imagine the complex desires and motives behind a very English scandal.
Reviews
What The Critics Said
Tara has the ability to creep under the skin of her subject matter without making judgements ... her bravery and her natural-born writer's empathy rewarded her with a novella that must be the most unique work of 'faction' that I have read this year.
Binnacle Press - read more
The simple factual tone blends the efficiency of journalism with the immediacy of fairytale ... the sweep across all the major figures convincingly portrays the atmosphere of the dawning of the Sixties.
Trash Fiction - read more
This is as fine an introduction to the Profumo Affair as you are ever likely to meet.
Tregolwyn Book Reviews
Extremely well researched and written and, although it is fiction, stays close to real events.
Publish And Be Damned
Reader Comments
You have done a great job in representing the innocence of a girl who was considered anything but ... WOW, what a read! Fantastic.
Diane, USA
I was deeply moved by Tara's sensitivity for her subject and impressed by her restraint ... the attention to period detail is a delight and I would recommend anyone who has a passion for the Sixties to read and enjoy!
Deborah, Ireland
Mike,UK
Tara did a wonderful job in getting across to me as a reader all of the emotions caught up in this case - and I learned too - and that is the sign of a very very good book - to enjoy, feel emotion and actually learn something.
David, USA
You have a great gift for creating a mood. A good story and above all excellent writing...it is about the best book I have picked up in a long while. Keep at it, we need more voices such as yours.
Lucy, USA
You really gave insight into Christine's world...a world I'd like to see for only a brief moment. It was a dark novel, but you could feel the truth in it. I loved the book. I could go on forever...it was a wonderful read.
Birdie, USA
What a brilliant debut...this really puts the humanity in the story in a way that I have not come across before without ever once overstepping itself.
Steve, UK