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Posted by allanmayer
on 4/12/2009, 7:11 am
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I am writing to enquire if any members of this forum would be interested in my latest novel 'Tasting the Wind.' It is set against a background of transition from long-stay hospital into the community and features characters with complex communication needs which are central to the unfolding of the story. I have included below my promotional e-mail.
Best wishes,
Allan Mayer
Christmas Eve, 1976: a man dies, tied to his bed in a Victorian Mental Institution...Andrew saw what happened. Eddie saw what happened. But their complex communication needs prevent them from communicating what they have seen.
Ten years later, the hospital is destined for closure and Andrew and Eddie move to a bungalow in the community.
Enter Martin Peach, who has come into care work for all the wrong reasons. And as if the challenge of helping six severely disabled people settle into a sometimes hostile community is not enough, his new manager, ex-nurse Della Belk, has a deadly secret which links her to the new residents…
Can Martin and his colleagues put together the fragmented clues about Andrew and Eddie’s pasts before one of them becomes the next victim?
Praise for Tasting the Wind
I immediately cared. I will be reading more...! Ruth Estevez
compelling reading - couldn't put it down. Janet Thompson
Superb ...a real achievement Lee Morris
Couldn't put the book down! Hope you sell loads! Linda Jackson
WOW!! This has got to be a winner... brilliant. Jane Dunnett
Tasting The Wind is a truly gripping read. Darren Houghton
(You can read these comments and more in my guest book)
You can buy Tasting the Wind now at: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9781849233804/Tasting-the-Wind (free shipping ) and on Amazon.
Or order from bookstores, quoting : ISBN-10: 1849233802 or ISBN-13: 978-1849233804
50% of my royalties will be going to Derian House Children's Hospice
For more information, to hear the prologue of Tasting the Wind or read the first six chapters go to www.allanmayer.com
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