ACRBA Tour Chocolate Soldier by Hazel Barker

6 - 10 March 2017

Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance

is Introducing 

Chocolate Soldier

(By the Rhiza Press, 1 October 2016)

By Hazel Barker

About the Book:

London. 1940.

When World War II breaks out and men over eighteen are conscripted, Clarence Dover, a conscientious objector, refuses to go rather than compromise his principles.  Instead he joins the Friend's Ambulance Unit.  From the London Blitz to the far reaches of Asia the war tests Clarence in the crucible of suffering.  In the end, will he be able to hold his head up as proudly as the rest and say, to save lives I risked my own?

One man will stand as God's soldier, not the war's soldier.

About the Author:

Hazel Barker lives in Brisbane with her husband Colin. She taught in Perth, Canberra and Brisbane for over a quarter of a century and now devotes her time to reading, writing and bushwalking. From her early years, her passion for books drew her to authors like Walter Scott and Charles Dickens. Her love for historical novels sprang from Scott, and the love of literary novels, from Dickens. Many of her short stories and book reviews have been published in magazines and anthologies.

Hazel’s debut novel Chocolate Soldier, and Book One of her memoirs Heaven Tempers the Wind, will be released in 2016. Both books are set during World War Two – the former in England and the Far East; the latter in Burma.

For more information, visit her blog on:

http://hazelmbarker.wordpress.com/

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margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One man will stand as God's soldier, not the war's soldier.</span></div> </div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ymosvb4aSU/WLvENjVxOwI/AAAAAAAAANM/AjP_HZjaT8ATsqESFcPt_FHB4xXEh8REACLcB/s1600/hazelbarkerphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ymosvb4aSU/WLvENjVxOwI/AAAAAAAAANM/AjP_HZjaT8ATsqESFcPt_FHB4xXEh8REACLcB/s1600/hazelbarkerphoto.jpg" /></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif=""><br /> </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif=""><b>About the Author:</b></span></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 15px;"> <div class="MsoNormal"> <div style="color: #585858; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hazel Barker lives in Brisbane with her husband Colin. She taught in Perth, Canberra and Brisbane for over a quarter of a century and now devotes her time to reading, writing and bushwalking. From her early years, her passion for books drew her to authors like Walter Scott and Charles Dickens. Her love for historical novels sprang from Scott, and the love of literary novels, from Dickens. Many of her short stories and book reviews have been published in magazines and anthologies.</span></span></div> <div style="color: #585858; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hazel’s debut novel <em>Chocolate Soldier, </em>and Book One of her memoirs <em>Heaven Tempers the Wind, </em>will be released in 2016. Both books are set during World War Two – the former in England and the Far East; the latter in Burma.</span></span></div> <div style="color: #585858; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For more information, visit her blog on:</span></span></div> <div style="color: #585858; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <a href="http://hazelmbarker.wordpress.com/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(115, 150, 17, 0.498039); color: #739611; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-out;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://hazelmbarker.wordpress.com/</span></span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>