Jean F Saxby

The Craving

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Produktbeschreibung

What happens when two people long to be together . . . but are worlds apart?'The Craving' is an award-winning, split-time Christian romance for young adults.A stadium collapse. A coma. A breathtaking journey of discovery. Brilliant!Intriguing. A great and original story.Story remained in my mind long after reading.-CALEB Award judges' comments. 2020Winner of 2021 YA CALEB Award and the 2022 Global Book Awards YA Bronze medal, and finalist in the 2022 International Book Awards - Fiction: Religious category. Will Sutherland saves a girl from a falling beam in a stadium collapse, and is plunged into a coma. Finding himself on the Island of Eldrad, Will longs to go home to Aporto Bay. He battles addiction and anger against his rival, Ben Maddock, and his own father who has walked out. Meanwhile, Erin, the girl Will saved in the tragic accident, visits him in hospital, desperate for him to wake up. Will takes an extraordinary journey to find the truth of his life. Will visits Idella city where desires are fulfilled, and he's given the keys to the astonishing worlds behind the seven doors of The House of Wisdom. Why does Will change his mind about staying on the island? What happens when he wakes from the coma a completely different person?This book has deep themes and allegory about hardship and how to find happiness. It is rich with twists and turns in an explosive mix of contemporary and fantasy worlds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ironstone Press
• Seitenzahl: 444
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 531g
• ISBN-13: 9781922820020
• ISBN-10: 1922820024
• Artikelnr.: 64250577

Autorenporträt

Jean Saxby, Bachelor of Science, Diploma of Education, is an award-winning author and co-author of two Amazon #1 Best Sellers. She is a teacher and a wellness blogger. Her teaching career spans over 30 years and she taught a drug education program spanning nine years. Jean also has a creative side, as an illustrator of three internationally published cookbooks. She has been a reviewer of resources for the educational publication SCAN CLIC, Australia, and is a literary judge.Her passion is to help people who are struggling with anxiety, wellness and addictions. Her 'Live a Better Life' website towardsrecovery.com.au has free subscription and provides blog posts and resources, with a choice of secular or faith-based support. The content covers issues such as dietary problems, alcohol, sex and technology addiction, and emotional problems. She shows how neuroscience can improve mindsets and habits. There are also strategies for self-care and support of family members.Her inspirational split time novel, 'The Craving', won the unpublished YA category of the 2020 CALEB Awards. The book includes themes of addiction, brokenness and transformation. The first of her children's books 'THE FANGS' about a cat, dog and rat, with light messages about safety and well-being for children, will be released later in 2022. She is also a co-author of the 'CBCA Anthology' for schools in Australia. It included a 'FANG' story and was launched at the State Library, Sydney on 28 May 2021 by the Governor of NSW.She is a co-author with Ray Brehm, for the Amazon #1 Best Sellers 'The Happiness Code: Small Habits, Beautiful Life', 'The Wealth Code: Small Habits to Financial Freedom' and 'The Entrepreneur Code: The Habits of Creators'.As an advocate of literature and a member of the Australian Society of Authors and Omega Writers and SCWB. Jean is also a Minutes Secretary of the Children's Book Council of Australia, Northern Sub-branch. Jean enjoys spending time with her husband and family. She likes browsing the internet, relaxing at the beach and bingeing on Bookbub.