The Babbling Brook

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Reflections on the art of living well: finding joy, making meaning, and navigating the forces that make this difficult.

About Kate Brook

I am an author based in London. My first novel, Not Exactly What I Had in Mind, was published in 2022, and my short-form writing has been published in LitHub, The Fiction Pool and The Real Story.

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