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Balcony Above The Sea
This time, Tirza Schaefer heads east to a little Bulgarian village at the coast of the Black Sea, not too far from Burgas. Keturah is an author from London who is running away from a life she doesn't want anymore and an ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend who are stifling her to death. She has plans to stay in an apartment overlooking the Black Sea and simply work on her book. Then she meets Luben, the driver who takes her to the apartment from Burgas airport, and her resolve as to staying away from all men falters.
However, you can run from others but never from yourself. The London situation catches up to her in unexpected ways and Keturah has to take a hard look at herself and determine how she wants her life to look like and whom she wants in it. Luben helps her in this and without noticing at first, points out not only their cultural differences to her but also differences in their outlook on life. After a beach party, however, Keturah starts to see things more clearly.
If only there wasn't this publishing contract that could destroy all she has gained. This book tells the story of a straight couple. However, Luben, the male MC, has a lesbian sister who lives together with her life partner. In this way, LGBTQ issues are thematised within the story in a loving and also spiritual context, as well as touching upon human rights.
However, you can run from others but never from yourself. The London situation catches up to her in unexpected ways and Keturah has to take a hard look at herself and determine how she wants her life to look like and whom she wants in it. Luben helps her in this and without noticing at first, points out not only their cultural differences to her but also differences in their outlook on life. After a beach party, however, Keturah starts to see things more clearly.
If only there wasn't this publishing contract that could destroy all she has gained. This book tells the story of a straight couple. However, Luben, the male MC, has a lesbian sister who lives together with her life partner. In this way, LGBTQ issues are thematised within the story in a loving and also spiritual context, as well as touching upon human rights.
175 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2016
About the author
Tirza Schaefer
40 books272 followersTirza Schaefer was born in Cologne (Köln), Germany. After she graduated from school, where she qualified in German “Abitur” and also attained proficiency in English and Latin (she also studied French for two years and Russian for one), she moved to the United Kingdom in 1991 and lived there for the next eight years.
She first started to study for a BA Combined at SOAS (School of Oriental & African Studies, London University) in Comparative Religious Studies & Indonesian Studies but then changed to The London Metropolitan University, and graduated in an HND in Leisure & Tourism Studies and a BA in Tourism Studies with Marketing.
She moved back to Germany in 1999 to embark on a new adventure: being a mother of three wonderful children, a boy and two girls.
At the beginning of 2015, Tirza started to publish her books, and with currently over 30 published, continuously working on more, she is a creative hothouse.
In April 2017, an Arabian Mau cat called Taani, joined the family from Dubai. In 2018 and 2019, she founded her own Reiki healing modality, Goddess Reiki, and she loves to write about and work with Goddess archetypes to explore her psyche and help clients in this process with their self-development.
To this day, despite her many academic achievements, her many talents and skills, Tirza Schaefer has a progressive personality and always strives to expand herself in many areas.
A non-extensive list of her qualifications are:
University Graduate
Mother
International Author
Usui Reiki Master/Teacher
Founder of Goddess Reiki
Practicing Witch
Voice Over Artist
Empowered Empath
Goddess Facilitator
Intuitive Reader & Healer
Thus, you can never find “the final sentence” for her vita. Her life is an ongoing work of art, of character building, of an expanding personality, yet ultimately always moving forward, always striving for new, for more, for added quality of life, of herself. Tirza is a woman who is as steadfast and loyal as she is adventurous and surprising. It is exciting and worthwhile to observe her further to see what she will come up with next. You never know…
She first started to study for a BA Combined at SOAS (School of Oriental & African Studies, London University) in Comparative Religious Studies & Indonesian Studies but then changed to The London Metropolitan University, and graduated in an HND in Leisure & Tourism Studies and a BA in Tourism Studies with Marketing.
She moved back to Germany in 1999 to embark on a new adventure: being a mother of three wonderful children, a boy and two girls.
At the beginning of 2015, Tirza started to publish her books, and with currently over 30 published, continuously working on more, she is a creative hothouse.
In April 2017, an Arabian Mau cat called Taani, joined the family from Dubai. In 2018 and 2019, she founded her own Reiki healing modality, Goddess Reiki, and she loves to write about and work with Goddess archetypes to explore her psyche and help clients in this process with their self-development.
To this day, despite her many academic achievements, her many talents and skills, Tirza Schaefer has a progressive personality and always strives to expand herself in many areas.
A non-extensive list of her qualifications are:
University Graduate
Mother
International Author
Usui Reiki Master/Teacher
Founder of Goddess Reiki
Practicing Witch
Voice Over Artist
Empowered Empath
Goddess Facilitator
Intuitive Reader & Healer
Thus, you can never find “the final sentence” for her vita. Her life is an ongoing work of art, of character building, of an expanding personality, yet ultimately always moving forward, always striving for new, for more, for added quality of life, of herself. Tirza is a woman who is as steadfast and loyal as she is adventurous and surprising. It is exciting and worthwhile to observe her further to see what she will come up with next. You never know…
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October 22, 2017
This book is an extremely interesting and imaginative read. I particularly loved the style of the book and it made sure to grab me from the very beginning and hold my attention to the very end. It's an extremely fast paced book with full of adventure. The characters were very inventive and they make sure to engage you from the start.
This book can be enjoyed time and time again.I highly recommend it and I cannot wait to read more from this author.
Will definitely recommend to all friends and family
This book can be enjoyed time and time again.I highly recommend it and I cannot wait to read more from this author.
Will definitely recommend to all friends and family
May 20, 2023
I have no idea why the author suddenly decided to travel to Bulgaria behind the former Iron Curtain and explore another, very different culture but it totally works! This book is incredibly entertaining, deeply moving and I love how much heart Schaefer put not only in her main characters but also the supporting ones.
There are the two old fishermen who find the internet hilarious, the male MC's sister who lives in a marital-like relationship with her female partner whom she is not allowed to marry and the lawyer who seems to untangle quite a bit of chaos on paper. But most of all, I love Luben's, the male MC's old-world conservative charm and ideals that are mixed with a loving, open heart and the conviction of a visionary.
Nowadays, things - and people - are so easy-come-easy-go, it is equally refreshing and challenging to encounter a man with such a high moral code and honour as this man who would be at home in a book set 200 years prior to the present, yet is perfectly placed here in his devotion to the happiness of his sister, her partner and their friends. I also love that there is so much sizzle between the two MCs.
The steam is definitely sizzling and burning ever brighter. And that scene at the beach party - hm-hmmm! - not to mention the poetry. And again, it should be set a couple of centuries prior but totally fits into the present. I was going up in flames reading that and I usually run the other way when I hear poetry mentioned. This book was such a surprise on so many levels and it all worked out in perfect beauty and synchronicity!
There are the two old fishermen who find the internet hilarious, the male MC's sister who lives in a marital-like relationship with her female partner whom she is not allowed to marry and the lawyer who seems to untangle quite a bit of chaos on paper. But most of all, I love Luben's, the male MC's old-world conservative charm and ideals that are mixed with a loving, open heart and the conviction of a visionary.
Nowadays, things - and people - are so easy-come-easy-go, it is equally refreshing and challenging to encounter a man with such a high moral code and honour as this man who would be at home in a book set 200 years prior to the present, yet is perfectly placed here in his devotion to the happiness of his sister, her partner and their friends. I also love that there is so much sizzle between the two MCs.
The steam is definitely sizzling and burning ever brighter. And that scene at the beach party - hm-hmmm! - not to mention the poetry. And again, it should be set a couple of centuries prior but totally fits into the present. I was going up in flames reading that and I usually run the other way when I hear poetry mentioned. This book was such a surprise on so many levels and it all worked out in perfect beauty and synchronicity!
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