Hanging from the Family Tree: Tobias’ Story, is a Young Adult fiction novel, based in a fictional English coastal town.
Hidden letters from 1812, the British
Regency, tell the story of Alexander Ventus, member of a very rich and
influential local family. Besotted with a local women, Elizabeth, who is deemed
beneath him, he is forced into a marriage with another woman. Distraught she
throws herself from a cliff. Followed years later by Alexander, burdened by his
guilt.
Alexander Ventus is Tobias’ great,
great, grandfather, and there is an alarming likeness to their lives. Tobias’ Story tells of his struggle to find
his place in his family and to discover what it truly means to be a Ventus.
Excerpt:
I’d found the letters just
when I needed them, but when I least expected them. The scrawled words that
changed everything. The faded ink which pushed me closer to the edge. The
echoes and ghosts of the past which haunted my summer, my home and my mind.
Then I found her. My Her. And the past began to replay itself. In life you get
one chance to write your story, it’s not always perfect and it doesn’t always
have a happy ending. This is mine...
About the Author:
Alison
has been writing from an early age, stories, poems, novels, prose. After a 3 year
sabbatical from writing she returned to her passion to write Whispers on the
Wind: Ari's story.
Her
first novel, Whispers on the Wind: Ari's Story, was published in August 2012 on
Lulu.com. Hanging from the Family Tree: Tobias' Story, a companion/sequel to
Whispers on the Wind, is to be published in November 2012.
Alison, Tracy and myself also have a collaboration channel on youtube called PracticeMakesProse where we talk about our writing experiences and give hints and tips on how to improve writing.
www.youtube.com/user/practicemakesprose
The one great thing about this cover is that it forms part of a jigsaw with the other cover 'Whispers On The Wind: Ari's Story.
This is very cleverly done as these stories are not sequels but are more companion novels, telling the same story but from a different angle.
Goodreads
Book: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15831053-whispers-on-the-wind
Goodreads Author:http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6470944.Alison_Davis