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Comfort and Joy
“Star light, star bright...”
Unsettled by his ex-lover’s wedding, Sid wishes on a star, for joy. Could lanky orange-haired Melody, newly divorced from a controlling husband, be the answer to his wish? Can a never-married, 40-year-old yoga teacher with a very simple lifestyle find happiness with a woman who fills her home with rescue animals and riotous color? And what exactly is causing Sid to panic?
Unsettled by his ex-lover’s wedding, Sid wishes on a star, for joy. Could lanky orange-haired Melody, newly divorced from a controlling husband, be the answer to his wish? Can a never-married, 40-year-old yoga teacher with a very simple lifestyle find happiness with a woman who fills her home with rescue animals and riotous color? And what exactly is causing Sid to panic?
73 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2014
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About the author
Alison Jean Ash
18 books2 followersHaving lived in 13 cities in 7 states by age 18, as a child I found stability in books, all kinds of books. sci-fi, mystery, romance; backs of cereal boxes; Jane Eyre; Greek mythology; BEOWULF; comic books; anime. (I consider BEOWULF the great-grand-daddy of action comics.) The only books I don't read are best sellers--until they're out of fashion, that is.
Employment took me to bookstores, kitchens, offices and broom closets, to 12 years as a craft artist and 7 years of night work in emergency shelter. All the while, I've been writing: journals, poems, letters to the newspapers (I was 12 when my first was printed); articles, essays, reviews, and suddenly, one day in 2001 when I was working on what was supposed to be creative non-fiction: whoops, I was writing fiction!
I live, as I must, near salt water and mountains, in Western Washington. I rejoice in 2 children, 4 grandchildren and my adorable husband. I'm also a soccer fan, passionate enough that I sometimes describe myself as a soccer hooligan and have been known to dye my hair bright blue for my team.
Please visit my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/authorAlisonAsh
Employment took me to bookstores, kitchens, offices and broom closets, to 12 years as a craft artist and 7 years of night work in emergency shelter. All the while, I've been writing: journals, poems, letters to the newspapers (I was 12 when my first was printed); articles, essays, reviews, and suddenly, one day in 2001 when I was working on what was supposed to be creative non-fiction: whoops, I was writing fiction!
I live, as I must, near salt water and mountains, in Western Washington. I rejoice in 2 children, 4 grandchildren and my adorable husband. I'm also a soccer fan, passionate enough that I sometimes describe myself as a soccer hooligan and have been known to dye my hair bright blue for my team.
Please visit my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/authorAlisonAsh
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November 23, 2014
I don't know a thing about yoga but this turned out to be a unique way to spin a Christmas/Winter Solstice story. In fact, there are several different things about this story that made it so enjoyable: the hero isn't unhappy at the start of the story and is pretty content with his life. It isn't until the introduction of Melody, our heroine, that he realizes his life could be so much more. From this point we get a Christmas story, a healing story (for both of them), and an animal rescue story. If this seems like too much to cram into a short read, you're wrong. It all works out brilliantly and naturally - it doesn't seem contrived at all.
In fact, that's the most surprising thing about this - that the author was able to bring out such distinct characters in the page count and to make them seem like real, living, breathing people. Honestly, go ahead and hit the "buy" button on this one, you won't be disappointed if you're looking for a wonderful offbeat holiday story.
In fact, that's the most surprising thing about this - that the author was able to bring out such distinct characters in the page count and to make them seem like real, living, breathing people. Honestly, go ahead and hit the "buy" button on this one, you won't be disappointed if you're looking for a wonderful offbeat holiday story.
December 26, 2014
Comfort and Joy is a quaint story of loneliness to bliss to pain and loss.
After Sid witnesses the marriage of his ex, he comes to terms with his lone existence; until Melody crosses his path. Melody brightens his day and night, and they soon become an unbreakable item. The sudden change, however, seems overwhelming to Sid, dislodging the two. Unbeknownst to Sid he is suffering from a pain he can’t manage on his own. As his mind wanders, Sid becomes lost and looking for answers. Comfort and Joy is a warm fire, cuddle-up book that will challenge and excite the partner in every reader - those remembering the beginnings of their relationships, or those hoping for a new one.
After Sid witnesses the marriage of his ex, he comes to terms with his lone existence; until Melody crosses his path. Melody brightens his day and night, and they soon become an unbreakable item. The sudden change, however, seems overwhelming to Sid, dislodging the two. Unbeknownst to Sid he is suffering from a pain he can’t manage on his own. As his mind wanders, Sid becomes lost and looking for answers. Comfort and Joy is a warm fire, cuddle-up book that will challenge and excite the partner in every reader - those remembering the beginnings of their relationships, or those hoping for a new one.
November 16, 2014
This was a fun Christmas read about Sid, a yoga instructor finding true love with the orange hair, streaked with purple, beauty that walked into his yoga class.
After getting past the childhood dreams of the death of his mother, he was able to overcome the panic attacks that had him on edge.
Comfort and Joy is a heartwarming story that is just in time for the holidays but is a good read anytime of the year.
After getting past the childhood dreams of the death of his mother, he was able to overcome the panic attacks that had him on edge.
Comfort and Joy is a heartwarming story that is just in time for the holidays but is a good read anytime of the year.
December 12, 2014
I really enjoyed this book!
It had a colorful charm, and a surprising depth for what could be read as a light-hearted short story. I loved the undercurrent of yoga running through it, and the life-lessons that the characters had already learned. Characters were strong and deep. I find myself thinking back to the story ... a month later!
It had a colorful charm, and a surprising depth for what could be read as a light-hearted short story. I loved the undercurrent of yoga running through it, and the life-lessons that the characters had already learned. Characters were strong and deep. I find myself thinking back to the story ... a month later!
November 18, 2015
Finding Joy
I loved this Christmas story! The main characters were wonderfully average flawed people who were already survivors on their own. This is a story of their further healing and finding joy in each other and life. Great heart.
I loved this Christmas story! The main characters were wonderfully average flawed people who were already survivors on their own. This is a story of their further healing and finding joy in each other and life. Great heart.
January 12, 2015
Great holiday story about two people falling in love. Sid a bachelor in his forties and Melody meet when she joins a yoga class hat Sid teaches.
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