Jenny Phillips

Family Heartbreak

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Produktbeschreibung

Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1974 At the age of seven, Jessie continues to experience life like no child should have to. A disagreement with Jessie's dad (Bert) sees Jessie's mother (Marie) admitted into hospital and Jessie removed from the care of her parents and being placed in a children's home. Marie fights Bert in court and wins custody. Leaving her new-found friend, Rose, and the home is a bittersweet experience for Jessie. Following Marie's marriage to Chris, the three of them leave Zimbabwe and migrate to Australia. Settling into a country on the other side of the world proves difficult for all three of them. When Jessie is caught shoplifting, she tries to take her life by overdosing on tablets and becomes a damaged soul, with nowhere to turn. At high school, Jessie befriends a boy by the name of Bryce and after an initial annoyance period, their friendship develops into something more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 279g
• ISBN-13: 9781528903509
• ISBN-10: 1528903501
• Artikelnr.: 55913608

Autorenporträt

Jenny Phillips lives in Australia where she works full time in a small family business. She has lived in three different continents: Africa, Europe and now Australia. Her motivation to write goes back to her late teens, where she got about 3/4 of the way through writing a book, but after receiving a rejection letter from a publisher, and as a petulant teenager, she gave up and destroyed the book. Although on the back-burner for most of her life, she never gave up on the idea and here is the proof, with Family Heartbreak being her debut novel.