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Mackenna on the Edge - The Em Suite, #2
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Résumé
In this sequel/prequel to The Incredible Transformations of Alice Hollywood, nearly twenty years have passed since a fiery crash changed Em Martín's life. Now living in Los Angeles, and known professionally as Mackenna, a recent life-altering tragedy has her in an emotional tailspin. Memories and regrets previously buried and ignored have been churned up. In a desperate effort to stop her downward spiral into melancholy, Mackenna turns to her writing for emotional support; as well as a vehicle for getting to the root cause of her current mental and emotional frailty.
While culling through her life for clues, the Southland is rocked by a devastating earthquake, further complicating Mackenna's difficult self-exploration. Enter Eve, an earthquake refugee and an uncomfortable reminder of a past Mackenna has spent many years trying to ignore-and forget. A delicate dance of avoidance ensues until a devastating secret is exposed, driving Mackenna to the edge of disaster.
Will Eve be the last straw, and push Mackenna over the edge? Or will she be the one to save Mackenna from the lower depths?In a departure from her first novel, Alice Hollywood, Djuna Shellam takes us back and forth in time in a seamless fashion to tell the story in a story. Prepare yourself for a stunning twist that will take your breath away.
While culling through her life for clues, the Southland is rocked by a devastating earthquake, further complicating Mackenna's difficult self-exploration. Enter Eve, an earthquake refugee and an uncomfortable reminder of a past Mackenna has spent many years trying to ignore-and forget. A delicate dance of avoidance ensues until a devastating secret is exposed, driving Mackenna to the edge of disaster.
Will Eve be the last straw, and push Mackenna over the edge? Or will she be the one to save Mackenna from the lower depths?In a departure from her first novel, Alice Hollywood, Djuna Shellam takes us back and forth in time in a seamless fashion to tell the story in a story. Prepare yourself for a stunning twist that will take your breath away.
Fiche technique
- Date de parution : 30/12/2013
- Editeur : Magnhild Press
- Collection : The Em Suite
- ISBN : 978-0-9710527-5-8
- EAN : 9780971052758
- Format : ePub
- Caractéristiques du format ePub
- Protection num. : Contenu protégé
À propos de l'auteur
Biographie de Djuna Shellam
I write novels, poetry, music and lyrics, and non-fiction. I love writing. I've been writing in some form or another since around the age of ten. I'm particularly fond of the novel. I love the process, and the opportunity to create a fictional tale from nothing but what's knocking around in my head. My first novel began as a short story I started while living in England in the mid-1970s. It then became a screenplay which I finished in 1978.It took another 16 or so years before I managed to finish my first book which was so large I had to ultimately split it into two. The finished novel hardly resembled the short story, but it's where I began. I've written four non-fiction books that are now out of print, five novels, and am at work on two others. With each book I like to stretch myself, to see if I can tell a story in a different way. I love the idea of the series.
I become so attached to my characters, I don't want to lose them when each book is finished; so, I let them live on in a series. My influences began with Victoria Holt whose books I devoured as a youngster. Then, Anne Rice, Tom Clancy, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Jane Rule, and Armistead Maupin. Yes, an incompatible group, but I like to think of them as my teachers. I would be remiss if I didn't mention my favorite book of all time which is House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier.
I read it in high school (and I still have it), and I believe, still, to this day, it continues to fuel my creative aspirations. In addition to writing novels, I now produce a weekly podcast, The Djuna Shellam Podcast, which is available at nearly every podcast venue.
