Lesson of Love

About Prue Phillipson

Prue Phillipson was born in 1928 in Newcastle upon Tyne into a Christian family with one sister Janet. Their mother introduced them to classic nineteenth century novels so they immersed themselves in history and good literature throughout their childhoods. Subsequently Janet read history at the University of Manchester and Prue studied English at the University of London. Both became teachers. In 1953 Prue married Alan Phillipson and they moved to Edinburgh for his first job in town planning. She took a course in creative writing and sold short stories to the BBC and Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. Prue was inspired to pursue a career as a writer however she was soon engrossed in family life. After returning to Newcastle in 1957 the Phillipsons raised five children and were also joined by Alan's mother and stepfather. Nevertheless freelance articles and short stories continued to flow. Prue's diary 'Lesson of Love' which documents her mother's dementia is her first published book. Prue is now concentrating on writing novels and an e-publisher has published six of her novels online while two book publishers have accepted eight of them between them. The years of caring for her mother were extremely fulfilling and ones that she will never forget.