The Australian Pen Pal - Softcover

Linn-Gust, Michelle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972331867 ISBN 13: 9780972331869

Verlag: Chellehead Works, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

College English professor Rachel Monroe realizes that life is about connections. Before her husband Tom’s death from cancer, he made her promise that she would pursue all the goals and dreams she had left behind in her life. Knowing that even in death Tom is leading her, Rachel completes her first fiction manuscript, one of the goals she had never accomplished, and finds a second career as a writer. When a publicity tour takes her from her Kansas home to Australia, she has the opportunity to find her Australian high school pen pal, Jenny Phillips, who had quit writing near the end of their senior year. Rachel visits Coolum Beach, the oceanside town where Jenny lived most of the years the two girls corresponded. Rachel can sense a change, that Tom isn’t guiding her as he once was. She struggles with a new manuscript and reconciling her hope that somehow she’ll find Jenny. In the process, she meets Jamie Stephens and as Jamie’s life becomes intertwined with Rachel’s, she begins to understand that her connection to Jenny was not just about writing letters, but ultimately a guide for Rachel’s life.

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Michelle Linn-Gust, Ph.D., is an international author and speaker about finding hope after loss. She is the author of several books including Rocky Roads: The Journeys of Families through Suicide Grief and Ginger’s Gift: Hope and Healing Through Dog Companionship. Her first book, based on the suicide of her younger sister Denise, Do They Have Bad Days in Heaven? Surviving the Suicide Loss of a Sibling, inspired siblings around the world in their survival after a loved one’s suicide. She is the President of the American Association of Suicidology The Australian Pen Pal is her first published fiction. Read more about Michelle at www.michellelinngust.com.

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College English professor Rachel Monroe realizes life is about connections. Before her husband Tom's death from cancer, he made her promise she would pursue all the goals and dreams she had left behind in her life. Knowing even in death Tom is leading her, Rachel completes her first fiction manuscript, one of the goals she had never accomplished, and finds a second career as a writer. When a publicity tour takes her from her Kansas home to several cities in Australia, she has the opportunity to find her Australian pen pal, Jenny Phillips, who had quit writing near the end of their senior year of high school. Rachel visits Coolum Beach, the oceanside town where Jenny lived most of the years the two girls corresponded. Rachel can sense a change, that Tom isn't guiding her as he once was. She struggles with a new manuscript and reconciling her hope that somehow she'll find Jenny. In the process, she meets Jamie Stephens, on vacation himself, and as Jamie's life becomes intertwined with Rachel's, she begins to understand that her connection to Jenny was not just about writing letters, but ultimately a guide for Rachel's life.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Chellehead Works
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0972331867
• ISBN 13: 9780972331869
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 134
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg