Little Miracles
Sometimes only faith can hold you together...The morally complex and heartrending new novel from Giselle Green.
It should have been the perfect holiday. Julia Fearon arrives in Spain with fiance Charlie and their 14-month old son Haydn, ready to meet his family and plan their forthcoming wedding.
But Julia quickly realises it's not just a simple case of meeting the family - she must grapple with a clan steeped in tradition, ritual and Catholicism. Unable to communicate, she becomes increasingly isolated and soon, lies from her past start to unravel, threatening her present.
But shortly, domestic strife becomes the very least of her concerns when a day at the beach leads to a terrible tragedy. A freak storm causes chaos and amidst the pandemonium Haydn disappears. Whilst the authorities presume him drowned, Julia is tortured by the possibility that her child is alive - and has been snatched. Grief-stricken, Julia's world narrows to a desperate search to find the truth, following every lead she can, whilst surgeon Charlie throws himself into his work in an effort to return to some normality.
Soon, the cracks between Julia and Charlie threaten to engulf them both.Consumed by the fact that they may never know what happened that day, can Julia find the peace within her to let Haydn go? Or will her faith be rewarded with the truth?
Pandora's Box
According to legend, when Pandora's box is opened it unleashes dark secrets and terrible consequences...
Rachel Wetherby's life has been on hold since the diagnosis of her daughter Shelley with a debilitating - and fatal- illness.
So when Rachel's mother offloads a box of her old possessions, including a diary, Rachel feels compelled to escape into a past which-on the surface- was carefree. But opening up the box unearths memories best left uncovered.
Shelley, meanwhile, is juggling a secret romance with planning her own death. Convincing Rachel that she'd like to spend her 15th birthday in Cornwall where she spent so many idyllic childhood summers, she devises a dignified exit.
But nothing is as it seems and heartache and surprises lie in store for both mother and daughter...
Highly charged and morally complex, this mesmerising story told from alternate perspectives will captivate fans of Jodi Picoult and The Memory Keeper's Daughter.
A Writer's Guide to the Zodiac
(or How the Stars can help you with your characters)
Astrology offers writers a powerful tool - a means by which to get to know the characters in any story - How they feel, think, and what motivates them. As the individual energies associated with the star signs are explored, each character comes alive and their destiny is revealed.
In this book, Giselle Green examines the Zodiac in terms of the four elements, earth, fire air and water. She describes the twelve sun signs and relates them to the elements.
Examples of characters from well-known books have been used throughout, and writers are shown how even characters with the same motivation may desire a different outcome.
This is a book which makes the patterns of the Zodiac accessible to the writer and to anyone with an interest in astrology.
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