These
eighteen compelling stories reveal the extraordinary resilience,
courage and hope of ordinary people as they seek to overcome
loneliness, hardship and loss.
Among them you will meet:
Three-year-old
Annie, refusing to leave with the kind-faced stranger who says he is
her father and bravely enduring years of violence and neglect with her
prostitute mother before breaking free.
Lauren, a young woman living a lonely life in the Irish countryside, whose decision
to make a better future for herself and her young daughter in England breaks
a solemn promise.
Peter in his prison cell, consumed by years of guilt and remorse after murdering
his wife, who sees a ray of hope when a letter arrives from the daughter whose
love he was sure he had lost forever.
Harry, an elderly man in an inner city daycare center, reflecting with quiet
dignity on the joys and hardships of his life as a country-loving farm worker.
Although not shying away from the impact of physical and sexual abuse Starlings
in the Park focuses on the often overlooked traumas of loss, neglect, isolation
and lack of emotional fulfillment. Life situations which will resonate with many
readers. You will be both saddened and heartened by what you encounter.
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