Aspiring journalist Jamie Calder is stunned by a series of events which leave her questioning everything and everyone in her previously quiet, settled life.
Jamie Calder has returned home to Cornwall to be with her family and friends, and to take up a job on the local paper. Finally happy at work, despite her sexist boss, when her boyfriend Dave moves in with her, the picture seems complete. Jamie feels free to concentrate on building her career in journalism. She hopes through her hard work and dedication she may be able to change the face of 'local news' and perhaps also help her townfolk look at things a little differently.
Nobody could have anticipated the events of July 2005, which bring extreme highs and lows to the United Kingdom, and mark the start of a series of unwanted shocks for Jamie, which turn her life inside out, beginning with Dave's disappearance.
Writing the Town Read tells the story of this unsettling time in Jamie's life, the effect it has on her relationships and her view of the world, and her struggles to make sense of and overcome the challenges which she faces.