John Davies 
My Fair Eliza 

* Having picked up the sword of the Crusader in my last novel A PINT-SIZED WHISPERER exposing the scandalous pressure applied to pregnant women to terminate their foetus after being told their unborn babies were likely to be suffering with the dreaded Downs Syndrome, I now lighten up.

Although A PINT-SIZED WHISPERER was commercially received successfully and questions raised in the House of Commons which rebuked certain sections of the NHS, I now return to my genre of easy-reading fiction.

* MY FAIR ELIZA is a light-hearted parody of Alan Jay Werners book and George Bernard Shaws evergreen musical show My Fair Lady.

* It is more than that. It is a heartfelt tribute to those dedicated people, they used to call crimpers, who couple their dexterity with brush, comb and scissors with a friendliness that keep us amused and entertained while we are sat shrouded by a voluminous sheet in their salon chairs.

About the author

John Davies served with bomber command as an air gunner in WWII. After the war, he worked for the Daily Mail and Daily Express as a sportswriter for thirty-three years. He also wrote several books on sport such as Moonstruck Parrots, a one-hundred-year history of soccer golden boots, as well as biographies of Brian Clough, Lester Piggot, and Billy Wright.