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The Bastard Child
Take the exciting journey, along with Sara, as she embarks upon a surprise visit to the storybook town of Bridgnorth, UK. She travels initially to research handed down mysterious stories from the Victorian Age. As Sara struggles with old ghosts from her family tree, you will become intrigued as the author allows readers to unveil some of those heartbreaking answers from the past, including the horrors of the Magdalene Laundries. Follow Sara's hopes and dreams as she falls in love with a man who engulfs her and presents her with a new life in the UK, chock full of adventure and intrigue. Hold on to your seat as you are about to take a roller coaster ride along with Sara, with a plot full of ‘twists and turns’ as well as the surprise, action-packed ending!
124 pages, Paperback
First published August 11, 2013
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About the author
Susan Parker Rosen
20 books64 followersAuthor, Susan Parker Rosen cannot take all the credit for the publications from Invisible Publications. The actual credit belongs to all the writers and the co-authors that have joined Susan in this campaign to spread awareness of Invisible Diseases.
We look to actual patients willing to talk about their afflictions in a publication. The idea for the new line of books come from her own struggles with the horridly painful Invisible Disorder, Fibromyalgia. As she went into various Social Media groups she realized that the people in the groups were only those that have these varied diseases. That's when it became apparent that there was a big hole in the process of spreading awareness and educating those that do not struggle.
Susan decided to start a collaboration effort to connect the dots between those that struggle with various Invisible Diseases to the rest of the world that doesn't. "It's the only way to substantiate that the diseases are very real, is to show that the symptoms are basically the same for each that struggle from all corners of the world. Whether they live in the States or in Australia or another place in our world, the stories prove that there is no way these illnesses are simply manufactured by a patient. For example, those that struggle with fibromyalgia can awake any time during the night to' all over pain', pain so severe it can produce a strong person to tears and emotional turmoil."
The leading cause of death of a Fibromyalgia patient is suicide. It's time to take these invisible diseases seriously and that's just what the first release in the series, "The Many Faces of Fibro" was born.
The first book was published and since that time, the team has grown to include several co-authors, a marketing director, an editor on staff and various social media groups. All of us that work together all struggle ourselves with various Invisible Diseases. We recruit writers that are actual patients of the various disorders. Encourage those that suffer to help us in our awareness campaign. The stories that our writers craft are emotional and real, it can be very healing for these writers. We professionally edit and publish the stories at no cost to our writers.
Our goal is to make our disorders a household word. Our growing company will be producing more books in this series and we do hope that you support us along the way!
Susan Parker Rosen was born in Pa, attending school and graduated from Deptford H.S. Deptford, NJ and now resides on the Eastern Shore in Historic Pocomoke City MD. She has had college courses in Business and Communications at Temple University and has received many top sales awards from her 'Community Home Sales' career.
"I've won trips to beautiful places but none of those rewards are as strong as helping others to spread the word about Invisible diseases."
Susan always has had an interest in writing, when in a dream, one of her favorite Aunts hugged her and spoke to her saying "Start with a blank piece of paper." Unemployed at the time and struggling to make a change, Susan Parker Rosen, did just that. Susan's first book "The Bastard Child" was a story she describes with passion "just had to be told." . Although The Bastard Child is a work of fiction, it was inspired by her ancestry research. As her Great Grandmother was missing from all records; which she believes was due to her admittance to the Magdalene Laundries of the Victorian Period. Since that time she has written several books of fictions and has now ventured into a non-fiction publishing company:
http://invisiblepublications.com
If you struggle with an Invisible Disease, and are interested in writing or helping to spread the word with our publications, please feel free to contact Susan Parker Rosen directly at:
invisiblepublications@gmail.com
Susan let us take a peek into her life by saying, "Besides my love for old homes and antique furnishings,
We look to actual patients willing to talk about their afflictions in a publication. The idea for the new line of books come from her own struggles with the horridly painful Invisible Disorder, Fibromyalgia. As she went into various Social Media groups she realized that the people in the groups were only those that have these varied diseases. That's when it became apparent that there was a big hole in the process of spreading awareness and educating those that do not struggle.
Susan decided to start a collaboration effort to connect the dots between those that struggle with various Invisible Diseases to the rest of the world that doesn't. "It's the only way to substantiate that the diseases are very real, is to show that the symptoms are basically the same for each that struggle from all corners of the world. Whether they live in the States or in Australia or another place in our world, the stories prove that there is no way these illnesses are simply manufactured by a patient. For example, those that struggle with fibromyalgia can awake any time during the night to' all over pain', pain so severe it can produce a strong person to tears and emotional turmoil."
The leading cause of death of a Fibromyalgia patient is suicide. It's time to take these invisible diseases seriously and that's just what the first release in the series, "The Many Faces of Fibro" was born.
The first book was published and since that time, the team has grown to include several co-authors, a marketing director, an editor on staff and various social media groups. All of us that work together all struggle ourselves with various Invisible Diseases. We recruit writers that are actual patients of the various disorders. Encourage those that suffer to help us in our awareness campaign. The stories that our writers craft are emotional and real, it can be very healing for these writers. We professionally edit and publish the stories at no cost to our writers.
Our goal is to make our disorders a household word. Our growing company will be producing more books in this series and we do hope that you support us along the way!
Susan Parker Rosen was born in Pa, attending school and graduated from Deptford H.S. Deptford, NJ and now resides on the Eastern Shore in Historic Pocomoke City MD. She has had college courses in Business and Communications at Temple University and has received many top sales awards from her 'Community Home Sales' career.
"I've won trips to beautiful places but none of those rewards are as strong as helping others to spread the word about Invisible diseases."
Susan always has had an interest in writing, when in a dream, one of her favorite Aunts hugged her and spoke to her saying "Start with a blank piece of paper." Unemployed at the time and struggling to make a change, Susan Parker Rosen, did just that. Susan's first book "The Bastard Child" was a story she describes with passion "just had to be told." . Although The Bastard Child is a work of fiction, it was inspired by her ancestry research. As her Great Grandmother was missing from all records; which she believes was due to her admittance to the Magdalene Laundries of the Victorian Period. Since that time she has written several books of fictions and has now ventured into a non-fiction publishing company:
http://invisiblepublications.com
If you struggle with an Invisible Disease, and are interested in writing or helping to spread the word with our publications, please feel free to contact Susan Parker Rosen directly at:
invisiblepublications@gmail.com
Susan let us take a peek into her life by saying, "Besides my love for old homes and antique furnishings,
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April 25, 2017
In this entertaining novella a woman wanting to find out about her ancestry gets much more than she bargained for. I found this book a page-turner. Copy obtained from author via a Goodreads giveaway.
August 6, 2016
Though the copy I received says Updated, there are still quite a few errors in this book. Quite a few times, the story moves from 1st to 3rd person, in the same sentence. The writing was very repetitive. For example: After retrieving a cup of half decaf and half cinnamon spice coffee with spiced creamer, she took the hot cup and held the steaming cup in her hands.
Or: Bessie really had to watch the boys, from her block, as they always hand an interest in chasing Bessie down the cobblestone streets.
The sentences were oddly written. I could have went with it, but it just didn't feel right.
On top of it, it so slow moving that I felt trapped and wanted out. It was very hard to force myself through this book. Though it seemed exciting when I read the blurb, I just didn't find it that interesting. I think that trimmed down, this could have been much more enjoyable. There are a lot of details that aren't necessary, as in full describing crossing a room or an action. As if the author was trying to up their word count more than have a smooth story.
The author obviously did a lot of research on ancestory. Great, I loved seeing the process of our heroine trying to track down family for her dad. One of the things that bugged me was that I couldn't quite pin down the age. The character in 2001 speaks of growing up in the 50's, which would make her middle aged. But at times, she acted younger and it threw me off.
I feel that this could be a great drama, mystery, if there was some trimming and content editing done. It has a lot of potential. I think for a first book, it's not horrible. There's something there, the author just needs to refine their writing.
Or: Bessie really had to watch the boys, from her block, as they always hand an interest in chasing Bessie down the cobblestone streets.
The sentences were oddly written. I could have went with it, but it just didn't feel right.
On top of it, it so slow moving that I felt trapped and wanted out. It was very hard to force myself through this book. Though it seemed exciting when I read the blurb, I just didn't find it that interesting. I think that trimmed down, this could have been much more enjoyable. There are a lot of details that aren't necessary, as in full describing crossing a room or an action. As if the author was trying to up their word count more than have a smooth story.
The author obviously did a lot of research on ancestory. Great, I loved seeing the process of our heroine trying to track down family for her dad. One of the things that bugged me was that I couldn't quite pin down the age. The character in 2001 speaks of growing up in the 50's, which would make her middle aged. But at times, she acted younger and it threw me off.
I feel that this could be a great drama, mystery, if there was some trimming and content editing done. It has a lot of potential. I think for a first book, it's not horrible. There's something there, the author just needs to refine their writing.
November 14, 2015
A little mystery and a little romance- that’s just up my alley!
I found the blurb for this book to be quite intriguing and although I was a bit wary due to some of the reviews I am glad I sat down to read it. The characters are enjoyable and I found myself cheering for them as the plot line progressed. I’m not going to lie- there were some parts that seemed to drag on but the more exciting parts of the book certainly made up for it. I suppose I enjoyed the book because I was able to relate to Sara so much- she is quite the character!
I spend a lot of my time doing ancestry research (about ten hours a week) and the detail that went into that part of the story is most enjoyable. With my background in ancestry I can attest that the more I learn about the deceased the more I grow to love them. Honestly, I would jump for the opportunity to be a character in this book, because I can totally relate.
All in all, this was money well-spent for me.
I found the blurb for this book to be quite intriguing and although I was a bit wary due to some of the reviews I am glad I sat down to read it. The characters are enjoyable and I found myself cheering for them as the plot line progressed. I’m not going to lie- there were some parts that seemed to drag on but the more exciting parts of the book certainly made up for it. I suppose I enjoyed the book because I was able to relate to Sara so much- she is quite the character!
I spend a lot of my time doing ancestry research (about ten hours a week) and the detail that went into that part of the story is most enjoyable. With my background in ancestry I can attest that the more I learn about the deceased the more I grow to love them. Honestly, I would jump for the opportunity to be a character in this book, because I can totally relate.
All in all, this was money well-spent for me.
February 7, 2017
I loved the story line for Bessie and Jack , the Bastard Child. But I felt that it went away from that and I never got to find out what happened to Jacks mom, Bessie, and what happened to his father. I was confused with the story between Johnathan and Jayir and why Sara had to suffer so much grief on both ends. There were some grammar mistakes and I felt like the story jumped quickly from background stories to what their part was in the end result. For the 1st book it was a Great story, I will read this Author again and I will be looking for a follow up on Sara. Thank you to the writer for the great experience!
May 15, 2014
This novella is unique in how it travels between 120 years of two women. The Bastard Child has beautiful elements of empowerment, love, faith and trust. I enjoyed the variety of colorful characters, the plot and the surprise ending and Susan Parker Rosen writes with great detail to richly develop the entire story. Her vivid dialogue with expression of emotions that take you into their thoughts and make you feel them deeply. Overall I found The Bastard Child an engrossing, and a compelling read. I highly recommend it.
April 27, 2017
I received a copy of this book for free through a giveaway at Goodreads.com.
Sometimes writing reviews is horrible. I'm sitting here wondering how I'm going to say what I need to say: to be honest and be true to myself without being hurtful.
I guess the most important thing for me to say is that the concept of this book is brilliant - the story deserves to shine. For me, it doesn't.
The poor punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar made it impossible for me to get pulled in to this story the way I should have been. It made reading an uncomfortable experience.
I'm disappointed. The story has real potential. I'd beg the author to go through one more time and give this book the polish it needs.
3 stars - purely for the concept.
Sometimes writing reviews is horrible. I'm sitting here wondering how I'm going to say what I need to say: to be honest and be true to myself without being hurtful.
I guess the most important thing for me to say is that the concept of this book is brilliant - the story deserves to shine. For me, it doesn't.
The poor punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar made it impossible for me to get pulled in to this story the way I should have been. It made reading an uncomfortable experience.
I'm disappointed. The story has real potential. I'd beg the author to go through one more time and give this book the polish it needs.
3 stars - purely for the concept.
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