Grace Upendo (32) is a Sexually-abused Black Swahili African. Despite her strength of character, she is haunted by a dark past. Full of fear, and unable to reach out to those who could help heal her scarred heart, she is saved by the man of her dreams, Sean Hope. But when Sean understands how damaged she is due to past horrors of rape and abuse, and despite his great love for her, he comes to realize that to heal her he must leave her.
Years later, when Grace finally gains the courage to escape from Jester Jones, an abusive Australian sailing yacht owner, she begins a frightening voyage of discovery through stormy seas to an uncharted, magical island only 150 nautical miles from Brisbane, Australia. There, in this unearthly land of honey, filled with lakes, streams, stunning golden beeches, mysterious creatures, dark forests and tall mountains, she begins to find new hope.
On the island an adventure begins with a magical play, LOST LOVERS (yes, the stage play name is the same as the novel, but you’ll soon understand when you read it, and will find the play quite amusing and entertaining!), a raucous play based in part on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Its cast of characters, all animals and insects and talking bees, too, even include a talking two-headed Kangaroo called Sue the Two-Headed Roo. But as the humans and animals begin rehearsals, Grace soon discovers she cannot understand its cast of misfit characters. Filled with confusion, she is taken into the depths of the sea, to Fish School, by a white-faced Common Dolphin. There, beneath the churning waves, she finally learns her lesson: she can talk to the magical animals and even the two-headed Roo. Having found the key, Grace is taken back to the magical island and dreams of a beach. Buried beneath it is a bright diamond engagement ring which Sean had tried to give her twice, years before, but which she had refused. And when she recognises the Roo as Sean, and he understands that Grace is his lost lover, then the magic ends and the reality of a loving future begins.
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ABOUT TOM RICHARDS With the publication of this novel, Tom Richards is considered to be an ‚accomplished writer‘ of novels and screenplays. Including Feature Films and Films for Television, Unbaptized is his sixteenth novel or screenplay to be delivered to audiences across the world. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, Tom’s father, Bill Richards, was a pilot for United Airlines. Due to his father’s career, Tom has lived in many US states as well as a wide number of locations in Ireland, and has travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Indian sub-Continent. Currently, he lives in Eyeries, County Cork, Ireland with his puppy Bluebell and cat Sasha in a house overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. He has no plans to move again. ‚I’ve moved at least twenty-four times and I’m done moving. All I want to do now is write.’Richards is currently working on a number of other novels and screenplays. He has also started his first stage play based on the Irish and Scottish folktale, the Selkie. He plans to finish a new novel provisionally entitled, Annie’s Joy, as well as the stage play in a few months.Tom has had a diversified career which includes journalism, marketing, teaching, and has worked at a variety of jobs during his college years. He’s the first to encourage new novelists to sit down and write and also provides free video tutorials for those working on their first novel and/or screenplay on Tik Tok. He can be found at @tomrichardsdolphin2021Ebooks vom selben Autor / Herausgeber
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