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Lorraine Pestell

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Lorraine Pestell was born in London and has had a successful career as an Information Technology professional in the UK, US, Europe, Singapore, and more recently Australia. She currently resides in Queensland, and began her literary journey in 2008.

Lorraine has two main goals for her writing: first, to encourage fellow sufferers of mental illness to rise above their symptoms; and second, to encourage non-sufferers to tolerate, support and even love those afflicted in their quest to live normal lives.

Although working full-time, Lorraine finds that volunteering time and energy to those less fortunate is an effective antidote to life-long depression and the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Sales proceeds from her writing go to two ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 42 ratings · 24 reviews · 7 distinct works

	A Life Singular (A Life Singular #1) 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 11 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
	A Life Found (A Life Singular #2) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 7 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
	A Life Entwined (A Life Singular #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 5 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
	A Life After (A Life Singular #7) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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
	A Life Loved; (A Life Singular - Volume Six it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 2 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
	A Life Tested (A Life Singular #5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2016 — 6 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
	A Life Lived (A Life Singular #4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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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Lorraine Pestell liked Jane Ireland's review of A Life Singular - Part One: "4.5 stars as I rarely give 5. This book is very different from ones I usually read, however, once I started I became totally absorbed in Lorraine's deftly-drawn story. For most of us, there is nothing usual about the book's characters' lavish lifesty" Read more of this review »
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Beautiful interwoven stories of two courageous women - the contrast of mothers' love against a harsh, vivid landscape. The first book in The Crying Tree series by Jane Ireland treats readers to vivid descriptions of the harsh expanses of outback Austr ...more
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“He had eaten as much as a travelling actor and drunk like the sands of the desert" Maxence Gilet”
― Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep

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“Neither was to blame for the way they felt, because Marius was someone who embraces sorry and dwells in it, but Cosette felt it deeply but recovered.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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“It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.”
― Victor Hugo

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“That there should be so great a concentration of vitality, so large a world contained within the mind of a single man, must in the end have been fatal to civilisation.”
― Victor Hugo

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“Each time he uttered the word ‘Monsieur’ in his mild, compassionable voice, the man’s face lighted up. The courtesy, to the ex-convict, was like fresh water to a shipwrecked man. Ignominy thirsts for respect.”
― Victor Hugo

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