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D, Leslie

Mar 7, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Biography, Christian, Memoir
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ISBN 978-1-922337-24-5
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Star Dust n’ Mud

The book opens with an invitro remembrance by our author of a command to be born in order to love God.

Life is full of loss, gut wrenching grief and abject poverty of soul. Homelife is bitter, grievous and cruel. Age 12 she is evicted by her abusive father.

Our heroine is a child yearning for protection and genuine love, instead she’s afflicted with cruel, callous nurture from dysfunctional parents. Left to her own resources and free from any decent guidance she lives a tragic tale roaming haphazardly and hitch-hiking up and down the country.

She chances upon many unsavoury schemes and personalities that lead her astray far from light and hope of a normal life. At 19 years-of-age she becomes permanently damaged deep within her core by the death of her 4-month-old baby.

Like a tsunami this trauma compels her to keep moving. Journeying on, our central character builds her own cabin in the bush. Then comes a new spouse, more children, hardship and finally desertion. Back in the city, survival as a single parent is bearable.

Then the miraculous occurs…

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This is an unapologetic account of endurance through trauma and a true testament to faith. Lesley’s story begins before she was born and weaves a muddy tale of abuse, homelessness and death spattered with star-dusted experiences, unexplained rescues and soul-felt peace.

Lesley does not promise a pleasant read, but delivers a miraculous ending. In writing her story, Lesley hopes that you as the reader may find strength from her survivals.

 

ANNE BLOOM, Heather

Mar 3, 2020 | *listed, Memoir
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ISBN 978-0-6482061-0-1
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ISBN 978-0-6484408-5-7
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Girls are Pearls: One Woman’s Act of Resistance to Despair

Heather Anne Bloom must be read with a couple of health warnings! First of all, the narrative of her life will make you re-examine your own, or at least that was so when I sat and read this book. She writes with such a measure of self reflection and self understanding, and with doses of humour about the circumstances that led her to India, and to doing something about her particular passion for promoting the well being of girls and young women. Her story is a salutary reminder that adversity offers no excuses, and the much more is yet to be done if all are to have the opportunity to live with dignity and develop their God given talents. Yet it shows that the efforts of one with a band of friends can make a real difference. There is a lightness of touch about the way Heather speaks of her achievements that is at once attractive and challenging. This is a book that will warm your heart while at the same time make your armchair less comfortable !

And the second health warning? It’s this: read Heather’s story and you will want to book your own flight for an adventure in India!

The Right Reverend Lindsay Urwin OGS

About the Author

Heather Anne Bloom, was born in Shimla, summer capital of the British Raj in India. She grew up in an Essex village in England and emigrated to Melbourne, Australia as an adult. Mother of two children, her previous book The War Against Apathy describes the joys and difficulties of living with the severe form of autism which afflicted her son, Laurence. Now in retirement she keeps herself busy with charity work in India, advocating for her son and other disabled people, playing the piano and a relatively new passion, writing books. Girls are Pearls is dedicated to the memory of her daughter Lorraine and inspired by the courage and actions of her parents, Teresa and Colin.

JEFFERIES, Brian

Mar 3, 2020 | *listed, Memoir
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ISBN 978-0-9873575-0-2
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Field of Miracles

A young Brian Jefferies had an unshakable faith in God. And it seems his career choice was God driven, taking him to places seldom traveled. As a sheep breeding consultant in demand, he rode on the “sheep’s back” to remote corners of the globe. It was in these far flung parts that he was empowered to share his faith and saw the miracle power of Jesus work time and time again. His experiences across the globe are testimony to the power of faith in a God that “is the same yesterday, today and forever.” Today, wherever a senior Brian Jefferies goes, he continues to inspire confidence in a God “that can make a way where there is no way.” In so many ways he’s still breeding sheep… but not of the natural kind. Brian’s stories are sure to encourage and make bold disciples of Christ everywhere and spark faith in a loving God in the coldest of hearts.

About the Author

Brian Jefferies is an Australian author and minister of the Gospel.

He has been involved in ministry for 60 years as a local preacher.

His new book Field of Miracles is now available.

STUART, Patricia

Feb 26, 2020 | *listed, Biography, Family History, Memoir, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
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ISBN 978-0-9946431-6-2
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Black and White: Between the Lines

My story is about my heart being torn between two worlds, even at a young age, I remember the struggle was there within me, those strange feelings inside of me, not knowing what the feelings were? Who am I?

About the Author

Growing up in the early days, being poor, it was a time when you went without many things, but having a family to share everything with, we all thought having each other was all we needed. 

I was brought up as a Catholic. I remember going to church every morning with a lovely lady Mrs. Davis, rain, hail or shine and this was how I found my Christianity. This changed my life; the Lord became a very important part in my life and is still in my heart today.

I realised as I got older I knew I had to do something with my life; otherwise I would never amount to anything. 

During my working life, I have always treated everything I did as a challenge. I always set myself goals, I can now look back at my career, which was over a period of 30 years and know that I have achieved what I had set out to achieve. 

I knew there was something missing in my life; this was when I decided to start researching for.

ANDERSON, Robert

Feb 26, 2020 | *Featured books, *listed, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Memoir, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
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ISBN 978-0-9876317-2-5
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A Lawyer in Paradise

This book is dedicated to my fellow travellers: my wife Lee, and my children Ben, Kimi and Sam, and also to the Samoan people who so enriched two years of my life.

Although I refer to a number of trials in which I appeared, this is not a comparative analysis of the legal systems of Australia and Western Samoa; rather, those trials have been included for their human, as distinct from their forensic, interest only.

Nor have I set out to examine in minute detail the broad sweep of Samoan life or to venture into the Margaret Mead/Derek Freeman debate.

Instead I have simply recorded some of the adventures and misadventures of expatriate life. The passage of time and the vagaries of memory since I left Samoa some 32 years ago have, I am sure, softened the rough edges of some experiences and otherwise impaired my recollections but if some memories may have been enhanced a little, or some names now escape me, I hope that is of little significance.

About the Author

A Lawyer in Paradise proves that Robert Anderson is an adept author – its epilogue, a poignant poem, is written by Rob. Also an accomplished artist, one of Rob’s paintings features on the cover.

SAVIGE, Kim

Feb 7, 2020 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Justice \ Law \ Crime, Memoir, Psychology \ Mental Health, Self-help \ Personal Development, Social Sciences \ Politics \ Government
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ISBN 978-1-922337-13-9
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Owning My Crazy

Most of us are just trying to get through the day, but paramedics are often extremely harsh on themselves. We have high expectations and feel a pressure to have all the answers. Add to this the training we receive from day one, to respond quickly, to be ever-vigilant, to ‘switch on’ without notice, and then make difficult logistical and clinical decisions, for an organisation that doesn’t seem to care for the carers when they fall, and we are all a recipe for disaster. Paramedics, firies and police have front row seats to the greatest shit show on earth. The question is not ‘why’ we break; it’s why it sometimes takes so long…

From high functioning, multi-tasking, goat-owning paramedic, to broken, blubbering mess on the side of the road, Kim’s journey through PTSD, anxiety and depression after 20 years as a paramedic has more ups and downs than a toilet seat.

This book is edited, conceived and distributed by affiliate publisher Tightrope Publishing.

About the Author

Born out of personal experience and the need for catharsis, Kim’s first title tells one Paramedic’s story of their journey through PTSD. The decision to publish was based on the desire to reach out to others who may be in similar circumstances and struggling or feeling alone. The current system dealing with the mental health issues related to emergency service workers is lacking, and if no one speaks up, things will not change.