The Banker's Daughter | | |
Genre: Non-fiction - Biography
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 | | An impossible love-triangle is set against the dramatic events of Germany's past, from pre-WWI to the Third Reich.
How will Eva, born in the last decade of the 19th century as the 3rd child of one of the richest men in Berlin, be affected by the horrors of WWI, the terrible aftermath of defeat, the influenza pandemic, anarchy and hyperinflation? Locked into a loveless marriage, she undertakes a dangerous liaison with an older married man. Once Hitler is in power, her family is scattered and she suffers the ultimate betrayal: exile from her own country. She escapes the Holocaust by ending up on the other side of the world. Unable to speak a word of the language, how will she now survive, alone and friendless, in an alien land?
This book has been accepted for publication by Merton Priory Press, and is being launched on Thursday 1st November 2007 in Stratford.
256 pages (with 76 black-and-white photos)
ISBN 978-1-898937-71-5
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Marshmallow and the Misfits | | |
Genre: Fiction - Children's
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 | | Dingo and his Gang are bored. School's boring. Home's boring. Life's boring! Then one day a strange new boy arrives. And a Magic Man. And then - everybody disappears!
A full-length adventure story for 7-11 year olds (written under the name of Caroline Hastings). Self-published 1996. 112pp, paperback, fully illustrated by local artist.
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Flying With Dolphins (book 1) | | |
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers and suspense
 | | Managing to evade the clutches of the perverted Dr Dillinger, the heroine Kat barely escapes with her life, and ends up lost in London. With the help of a band of colourful characters, she embarks on a quest to recover her memory, and then to search for and finally to rescue her long-lost brother.
A short novel (written under the name of Caroline Hastings) of around 52,000 words. First draft completed end of November 2001. Accepted for publication by American online magazine called 'The Writers'Hood' and serialised (by me) into 8 parts during 2002.
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Flying with Dolphins (book 2) | | |
Genre: Fiction - Thrillers and suspense
| | Kat's adventures take her from a crash-landing on the island of Bermuda to the islands of the Bahamas, where she attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding a place called Atlantis on Paradise Island.
Sequel to Book 1. First draft completed end of November 2002 (written under the name of Caroline Hastings). Still in writing (around 50,000 words so far).
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They Eat Guinea-Pigs in Peru | | |
Genre: Mystery - General
| | In the early 50s, the central character Ellie is discovered unconscious and with no identification on the shores of Lake Titicaca. She is taken to a clinic in Cuzco, where the young Director and a local priest attempt between them to unravel the mystery of Ellie's identity. Through the recounting of her travels in Peru, she gradually recovers her lost memory. But who is she really? What terrible trauma has turned her hair white? Where did she come from originally? And how did she end up in Peru?
A novel - first draft completed November 2004. Around 82,000 words (written under the name of Caroline Thonger). Fictionalised account of my grandmother's adventures in Peru.
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