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Jean Gill, the author of Arrows Tipped With Honey, book 2 in the Natural Forces series, which I recorded recently, has asked me to tell you a bit about myself. You can watch this interview on video if you prefer. I did add a little more in the video!
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“To know and have it all is about individuality because each one has the right not to live under the mercy of anyone with more power. So, for freedom and protection, one desires to know and have it all, but the questions remain.”
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The Colour of Glass: A captivating novel of love and art before WW1
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A ‘just one more chapter’ crime novel of the best kind! Prepare for a late night, turning pages. This linked series just keeps getting better! Alison, the CSI expert is an engaging character whose first-person viewpoint puts the reader smack in the ac ...more |
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"He was a sickly baby so his father took him to the beach and left him on the wrack-strewn pebbles for time and tide to claim a life not meant to be.
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Inspired by motherhood Most of the poems in this fine collection are inspired by motherhood. Jessica Bell takes us to the land of childhood, where words are strange and magical, a voyage of discovery. Or rather, her toddler son takes his poet-mother t ...more |
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The best Bob Robbins yet! All the hooks of a classic whodunnit plus WW2 authentic history – and based on a stranger-than-fiction true story: Winston Churchill’s decoy double. The Bob Robbins mysteries always contain a soupçon of dark humour which lift ...more |
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"An intense, compelling psychological thriller about a vulnerable grieving prey falling prey to the most unimaginable danger. Freya is struggling with the grief from the loss of her daughter. Her husband has grown distant and each day is more difficul"
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"Love, love this book. Great premise and well written characters. Beautiful descriptions that take you there. The twist at the end took me by surprise. I loved the relationship between Freya and her husband Jack. Totally realistic given the strained c"
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The Order: Shadow of the Assassin (The Gods and Kings Chronicles)
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“Power does not always shout its presence, my Lady, and each of the two hundred men armed behind you on this road represent a thousand more ready to die at your command. Every word you speak has the weight of those men.”
― Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
― Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
“And then the great music of which the world is made took him over, beyond thought, beyond control until he heard her cry his name and they fell together off the edge of the world.”
― Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
― Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
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“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
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“My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment’s surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed
Which is not to be found in our obituaries
Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor
In our empty rooms”
― The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
The awful daring of a moment’s surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed
Which is not to be found in our obituaries
Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor
In our empty rooms”
― The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
“The feelings I don't have I don't have.
The feelings I don't have, I won't say I have.
The felings you say you have, you don't have.
The feelings you would like us both to have, we
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The feelings I don't have, I won't say I have.
The felings you say you have, you don't have.
The feelings you would like us both to have, we
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“And then the great music of which the world is made took him over, beyond thought, beyond control until he heard her cry his name and they fell together off the edge of the world.”
― Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
― Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence
“It’s not the one who climbs beneath your bedcovers who satisfies you. It is the one who climbs beneath your skin.”
― Love of a Lioness
― Love of a Lioness
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Kristin wrote: "Fascinating story behind the book, 4.5 years. My husband's father was a prisoner of war for 3 years and he never said too much about it, but you could see that it was a terrible experience for him..."I think one effect of reading the book is that it enables people who've known similar situations - any kind of 'prison' - to talk about their experiences. Dave was so young and yet so enterprising in the ways he made contact with other prisoners - through maths and music. I wanted to call it 'Private Taylor's Accordion' but for him it was always '4.5 years' stolen from his life. And there was no post-traumatic stress counselling in those days...
Ellen wrote: "Hi Jean! Thank you for connecting with me. I put your book Someone to Look Up to on my shelf, it looks wonderful.Have a great day!
Ellen"
Thanks Ellen - hope you enjoy 'Someone to look up to'
Regards, Jean
Fascinating story behind the book, 4.5 years. My husband's father was a prisoner of war for 3 years and he never said too much about it, but you could see that it was a terrible experience for him. This made me realize it even more.
Hi Jean! Thank you for connecting with me. I put your book Someone to Look Up to on my shelf, it looks wonderful.Have a great day!
Ellen
