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<p>Carol Drinkwater has written 25 books. A former actress, she is best known for the classic BBC series ‘All Creatures Great and Small’.</p>

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Book review: All secrets great and small
'One Summer in Provence' is about relationships, betrayals, and secrets. It’s absorbing and will keep you guessing about some of those secrets to the end
<p>Multi-award-winning actor and writer Carol Drinkwater: "Inside was a curtain of cobwebs. I fell completely in love. Don’t ask! It was a crazy love. Something inside said 'this is it', like when you meet a man and you know this is the one."</p>

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Carol Drinkwater still has a thirst to act
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Weekend break: Retreat at Glengarrif, West Cork

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Getting down the bones at West Cork Literary Festival

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Shape I’m in: Life is in full bloom

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