Elizabeth Laird (Author of Red Sky in the Morning)

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Elizabeth Laird

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Laird was born in New Zealand in 1943, the fourth of five children. Her father was a ship's surgeon; both he and Laird's mother were Scottish. In 1945, Laird and her family returned to Britain and she grew up in South London, where she was educated at Croydon High School.
When she was eighteen, Laird started teaching at a school in Malaysia. She decided to continue her adventurous life, even though she was bitten by a poisonous snake and went down with typhoid.

After attending the university in Bristol, Laird began teaching English in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She and a friend would hire mules and go into remote areas in the holidays.

After a while at Edinburgh University, Laird worked in India for a summer. During travel, she met her future hu ...more

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	Red Sky in the Morning 4.06 avg rating — 1,743 ratings — published 1988 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garbage King 3.99 avg rating — 1,436 ratings — published 2003 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	A Little Piece of Ground by Elizabeth Laird, Bill Neal (Illustrator), Sonia Nimr 3.90 avg rating — 1,083 ratings — published 2003 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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A Little Red Tractor (4 books)
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“There's a funny thing I've noticed about life. When you really dread something, it turns out not to be so bad. It's the unexpected awful things that get you down.”
― Elizabeth Laird, Red Sky in the Morning

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“I often remember that dusty, ruined flat in old Beirut. And I know that a little part of me will stay there forever, laying out those treasures on the windowsill and playing at cat鈥檚 cradle with my friend.”
― Elizabeth Laird, Oranges in No Man's Land

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― Elizabeth Laird, Red Sky in the Morning

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