This is the most common question that people ask me. I mean, it makes sense. The problem is that I suck at answering the question. So, instead of blurbs, here are my on-the-spot inarticulate pitches, just for fun...
THE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS SERIES
This whole series revolves around the internal thought life of women (hence the series title), and are only available as ebooks.
An unidentified woman talks about other women that she comes across - a bit like a social media scroll in real book life. It is easy for the unidentified woman to find things that make her feel inferior. It breaks each encounter up into three parts.
Unidentified woman talks about the other woman from her point of view (POV)
Outlines how the encounter makes a difference in the unidentified woman's life
Contrasts what the unidentified woman sees with reality (other woman's POV)
This is the most unconventional book that I have written. It is fairly short and parts of it are written in the third person. It's a bit weird, makes you think, and somewhat polarising.
This story is viewed through the same eyes as the unidentified woman and talks about her encounters with Viggy. The story follows Viggy as she deals with a lot of family crap in a healthy manner. Viggy contacts her cop ex-boyfriend, Bowie, for help with her druggy sister, which causes her to reevaluate her life on a drama-filled camping trip in the bush.
This is another short read, but very different from You Are Woman. It's a simple story that doesn't require any thought.
Jaclyn's mother starts behaving strangely and ends up getting diagnosed with dementia. Later, Jaclyn ends up with the same diagnosis. The book contrasts a painful, confusing, and frustrating dementia walk with the mother, against the kind and compassionate dementia walk with Jaclyn as a result of education and understanding.
I have been told that this is a very sad read. It wasn't my intention to write a very sad story, but I guess it is nearly impossible to write a happy story about dementia.
There are two main themes in this story:
Faith vs religion - Renee is raised in a cult and has expectations placed on her that are explained as being from God. Renee ends up being cast out of her church and family, and then has to try to get on with life while still carrying large amounts of guilt and shame. She then has to work out what having a faith in God really means.
The reach of a person and the impact that they have, without ever knowing it (and even after death, which also adds a 'dealing with mortality' theme).
Each of the characters in this story has some sort of connection with a person who dies. The death ends up bringing them together and helps them deal with issues that they have in their own lives.
THE EARTH LEGACY SERIES
Fern is a live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family, but her mother has a stroke and she has to go back to the tiny country town that she grew up in and face a bunch of skeletons that fall out of her closet.
This book is available for free. It is a short and easy read that is 'set in the same universe' as The Silver Sheep and The Silver Shepherd. Fern is housekeeper for the Silverson family, and Cleo Silverson is the main character in the other two Earth Legacy books.
Rich people don't want the public to find out that they discovered how people can heal themselves and stay healthy. Cleo has an extremely dysfunctional family and finds out the secret. The rich people need to keep Cleo and her family quiet.
Cleo can't live with the burden of the secret, but the rich people won't let her live if she doesn't keep it.
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Do you have an on-the-spot inarticulate pitch for a book that you'd like to share? What about the last book that you read? Try answering the question: What is this book about?
I bet you'll do a better job than me! haha
Much love,
Marley x
