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Once Upon a Rock (Paperback)
Larry Chang; Edited by Alice A. Moerk; Erica Morris Bennett
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R383
Discovery Miles 3 830
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Gabrielle Newton is numbered by the loss of her family, betrayed
and impoverished by the perfidy of her husband. She joins the
family of homeless, wandering from the exclusive Chicago north
shore to the islands of the Florida Gulf coast. Despair and hope
become twin ventures. Gaby's struggles to survive are noticed by
young Jan Morgan and her first mate, young Billy Bateson, who offer
her a sense of belonging. These new friends, their connection with
the family of writer Carolyn Robinson, and the love of young Jessie
and her father involve her within a storm of political mayhem that
affects a small coastal village and its residents, the horrors of
rape and incest, and a hurricane that changes their lives and
culture. The Bag Ladye's Tayle is the fifth novel in the New Found
Souls series, novels of survival and renewal. Book five, The Piper
of T'p's'l was awarded first place for fiction by the Florida
NLAPW.
New Found Souls are novels of survival and renewal. They mark the
turning point in the lives of individuals forced to come to terms
with unseemly realities, who must redefine themselves. During years
of hiding, Sharkey Robinson and her family lived full, fruitful and
happy, yet anonymous, lives. Their past catches up with them,
however, when they rescue a former student arrested for soliciting,
and a famed television producer seeks an interview. Their queries
bring disaster to a family that must now decide who is to be
sacrificed for the sake of the children. Book 4 of NewFoundSouls
takes place in coastal Mexico. It brings together a bereaved Amanda
Bellman (Bk.2), the effervescent Alexis Owen (Bk.3) and the
brilliant psychologies and author, Sharkey Robinson (Bk. 1 ) in a
twist of fate that leads to the ultimate climax. PRAISE FOR HER
FIRST NOVEL, The Waters of Lethe, - Book 1 "Easy to read with an
unexpected story apex, the satisfying revenge... The plots and
subplots were rich and well-intertwined." -V. Batts, Raleigh, NC
...And for Silent Signals - Book 2 "So powerful I am so haunted by
the Boys and heartened by the survival strength of Amanda. And the
writing is equally strong. Bravo " - Dr. Elizabeth Waterson,
London, Ontario ...And for The Piper of T'P'S'L - Book 3
..".brilliant. I laughed at your expression(s)... the dialogue
grabs the reader beautifully. This portrait is fabulous." -Danni
Russell, Paris, France
NEW FOUND SOULS are novels of survival and renewal. They mark
turning points in the lives of individuals forced to come to terms
with unseemly realties, who must redefine themselves. The joy that
was Porter Owen, The Piper of T'P'S'L, vanished after a disastrous
television interview. His niece, Alexis, wants to find out what
happened to the famed composer and dives into a maelstrom of family
intrigue as she brings Porter back to the world-only to lose him
again as brother battles brother. Book 3 of New Found Souls is a
lyrical tribute to the 20th century as it moves from the network
studios of Chicago to the coves of Newfoundland, from the trenches
of Dunkirk and the lights of Paris in the '20s to the modern stage.
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Ain's Song (Paperback)
Alice A. Moerk; Illustrated by Joan S Peters
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R529
Discovery Miles 5 290
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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12th-century Europe revolves around the remarkable life of Eleanor
of Aquitaine - Duchess, Queen of both France and England, and
mother of Richard Lionheart and John Lackland. Eleanor and her
husbands, Louis VII and Henry II, set the tone for an era. Ain's
Song follows Eleanor's story through the eyes of her cousin, Ain of
Poitiers. The adventures moves from the taverns, courts and cities
of medieval France, England and Italy, from Celtic lore, the
construction of great cathedrals, crusades and pilgrimages, to the
courts of love and music, poetry and plays of the troubadours and
jongleurs. Ain's Song is the winner of the Florida National League
of American Pen Women award for best in unpublished fiction. "I
love this story. Alice Moerk has captured the mood and tone of the
period with credible accuaracy and rousing humour." Dannie Russell,
Uganda "I love Ain, a strong, insightful woman." -Rev. Rosemary
Backer, Holmes Beach, Florida - ..".a very sense of places and
travels." Dr. Elizabeth Waterson, London, Ontario -Alice is also
the author of the New Found Souls series of novels.
Dr. Carolyn Robinson's life is in shambles. She's lost everyone and
everything she's loved: Her family, her health, and her career. All
that remains is her daughter, Anni. Together they leave their home
to begin new lives. The terror of the past catches up with them,
however, and they are caught up in a whirlwind that leads to a
massacre and forces them to run and to assume new identities. This
thriller is the first book of the quartet, NEW FOUND SOULS. It
leads from the hills of Virginia to the mountains of New Mexico,
from a Florida island to underground Atlanta and to the shores of
Vera Cruz, Mexico.
New Found Souls are novels of survival and renewal. They mark
turning points in the lives of individuals forced to come to grips
with unseemly realities, who must redefine themselves. No one
understands the Silent Signals Ross Bellman is sending. His sister,
Amanda, responds, but too late. She is suddenly thrust from the
focus of her hectic life in New York City into the abuse and
theatrics of small college academia and the politics and insularity
of rural Appalachia. Amanda Bellman copes with tragedy every day as
director of a shelter for battered wives and their families. She
missed her brother, Ross' phone call minutes before his suicide.
Heartsick, she flies from New York to the small West Virginia
college town to contend with the forces that ultimately led to the
young boy's despair. Silent Signals, part 2 of the quintet New
Found Souls, deals with Amanda's own survival as she fights the
politics and biases of a small school, a small town, and the small
people who inhabit it-including her own family.
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