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Mar 2023
Harrogate's ex-Cold Bath Deli owner publishes first novel
A BAFTA-nominated investigations journalist who lives in Harrogate has published his first novel.
Peter Woolrich, who along with his wife Tracey used to run Cold Bath Deli on Cold Bath Road, spent 12 years working on A Corroded Soul.
The novel is based on his own life as it tells the story of a 50-year-old journalist with questionable character traits who evaluates himself after his mother's death.
Mr Woolrich said:
Peter Woolrich
The novel is set in a fictional village similar to the one Mr Woolrich grew up in and is the first in a planned trilogy.
A Corroded Soul's main character, Daniel Connah, uses his difficult relationship with his mother as justification for multiple character flaws, including stealing and being a social misfit and sex addict.
Mr Woolrich, along with Daniel, said he also felt unloved by his mother. When Mr Woolrich's mother died after a car crash, he was consumed with anger, abandonment and feeling bereft and the book explores whether emotional neglect can be as damaging as physical.
He said:
A Corroded Soul is available in bookshops and can be viewed/ordered here.
The book launch, which is open to everyone, is being held upstairs at North Bar in Harrogate at 7pm on April 6.
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