Bøger af Lainie Jones

Everything about the summer holiday in the sleepy little seaside town is going wrong. The surf is flat, the weather terrible, and Sam's friendship with Steve and Gemma is falling apart. Then they find the strangely-marked stone and a violent storm sweeps away everything familiar. Plunged into a frightening world, where all they know and value is useless, their survival will depend on the very people they once scorned.

East of Memory, West of Magic encompasses twenty three stories in which fairy-tales collide with social realism, dystopias unravel alongside fantasy, and magical realism rubs up against absurdism. In this constantly changing landscape, past meets future in a jungle cabin, societies disintegrate, a park reclaims its ancient place, a soul chooses a new life-path, and a man is undone by his own cruelty. Threading through these diverse tales are questions about perception, belief, and what it means to be human in a rapidly changing world. Why does a mysterious mirror hold five generations of women in thrall? What happens when Claire ignores warnings to stay away from the park near her new apartment? Will a boy's brutal father get away with murder? Can three feisty maidens escape from the timeless patterns of fairy-tales? How will a wealthy gated community react when faced with a virulent epidemic? Why does Darren hate his father's new wife? What is the dark secret that haunts an artist's studio? Can Tess and Kathryn survive in a world that has lost its humanity? Journey down unexpected byways as your compass swings between Memory and Magic.

This memoir traces the lives of four generations of women. From England in 1901 to Australia in 2005, it encompasses the vast social changes of the twentieth century. The values and beliefs passed down from mother to daughter no longer fit, daughters ask questions their mothers cannot answer, mothers have expectations their daughters refuse to meet. On her eighty-eighth birthday, Edith tells Lainie a secret she has kept for over seventy years, transforming their relationship for the short time they have left. As the author searches for meaning in her own life, stories of her grandmother, mother and daughter unfold and she reflects on why they each crossed conventional boundaries of their eras.

A FAMILY SAGA SET ON AN ISOLATED OUTBACK PROPERTY HAUNTED BY AN ANCIENT SPIRIT.After her grandmother dies, Julia comes to Barragunyah to prepare the place for sale and is trapped by rising floodwaters. Alone, without power or transport, and unable to contact anyone, she passes time reading the diaries and letters written by five generations of women who once called the outback property home.When the ancient spirit known as Mary appears, borders between then and now begin to dissolve. Swept again and again into Barragunyah's past, Julia drifts towards madness.Sometimes the only way out is to pass through the unknown..."A stylish tale of darkness and suspense, cleverly written by this exciting author... A very good read..." Susan, Indie Book reviewer