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An Obstinate Vanity
by Keddie Hughes
“An Obstinate Vanity” by Keddie Hughes centres on Beth Colquhoun, a successful and determined woman facing Bell’s Palsy. As the Chief Executive of The Agency, she navigates a male-dominated industry with resolve. The plot thickens when Beth, chairing a competition, encounters her past in the form of Benjy McKinnon, whose father, Dougie, is her ex-fiancé.
The novel explores themes of resilience, betrayal, and past relationships. Beth’s journey involves confronting past wounds with Dougie and witnessing Benjy’s ambitious plans. Keddie Hughes weaves a story filled with unexpected twists, challenging the protagonist’s strength and leading her to unforeseen redemption.
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on 2016-02-18
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Keddie Hughes was born in Glasgow and for the past 30 years has built a successful career as a psychologist advising companies how to get the best out of their people. A shortened version of her Doctoral thesis on Trust was published in the academic press in 2014. Although passionate about her work in large multi national organisations, she has always had the ambition to write fiction. As a young girl she was obsessed with reading and writing stories but career, marriage and children intervened. Now she has decided to allow thirty years of suppressed story telling to be released. An Obstinate Vanity is her debut novel.
