ACRBA Tour of Next of Kin by Carol Preston

7 - 11 February

Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance

is introducing

Next of Kin
(Rhiza Press, May 2015)

Carol Preston

About the Book:

Fanny Franks was raised to believe in honesty, equality and acceptance, regardless of background or circumstances. When she meets brothers Jack and Jim, she is drawm to them by the alienation and injustice which seems to pervade their lives. She is determined to intervene and help them find happiness, until a trauma in her own life brings discrimination and shame for which she is ill prepared. While she deals with her own struggle she comes to understand what Jim and Jack are going through - and they find where they truly belong.

About the Author

Carol lives in Wollongong with her husband, Neil. She is a psychologist and has a part time private counselling practice, as well as being an author and speaker. Carol enjoys spending time with her children and four grandchildren, as well as bushwalking, gardening and holidaying overseas with her husband. One of her hobbies over many years has been family history research. 

It was this research which started Carol on the journey of writing novels. Her first trilogy is about the Oakes Family; Suzannah’s Gold, Rebecca’s Dream and The Price of Peace, which takes the reader from 1838 when her great great grandmother, Suzannah Casey was transported from Ireland, through to the end of the First World War. Carol’s fourth novel, The Face of Forgiveness, is about two young women who are transported to Australia in 1839. 

Carol has also written the Turning the Tide Series, based on her mother’s family, which begins with the First Fleet of convicts to Australia in 1788. These include Mary’s Guardian, Charlotte’s Angel, Tangled Secrets, and Truly Free. Next of Kin is her ninth novel. For more information about Carol’s books and her other interests she can be contacted on her website: www.carolpreston.com.au, on her Facebook author page: www.facebook.com/writingtoreach 
or her Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/author/carolpreston

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When she meets brothers Jack and Jim, she is drawm to them by the alienation and injustice which seems to pervade their lives. She is determined to intervene and help them find happiness, until a trauma in her own life brings discrimination and shame for which she is ill prepared. While she deals with her own struggle she comes to understand what Jim and Jack are going through - and they find where they truly belong.</span></span> <div class="separator" style="text-align: center; clear: both;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NEzhBkDmgl8/Vrbw4MKIRbI/AAAAAAAAAHA/lVgXnPQwFCU/s1600/head%2Bshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NEzhBkDmgl8/Vrbw4MKIRbI/AAAAAAAAAHA/lVgXnPQwFCU/s200/head%2Bshot.jpg" width="175" /></a></div> <b><span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About the Author</span></b> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">Carol lives in Wollongong with her husband, Neil. She is a psychologist and has a part time private counselling practice, as well as being an author and speaker. Carol enjoys spending time with her children and four grandchildren, as well as bushwalking, gardening and holidaying overseas with her husband. One of her hobbies over many years has been family history research. </span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">It was this research which started Carol on the journey of writing novels. Her first trilogy is about the Oakes Family; Suzannah’s Gold, Rebecca’s Dream and The Price of Peace, which takes the reader from 1838 when her great great grandmother, Suzannah Casey was transported from Ireland, through to the end of the First World War. Carol’s fourth novel, The Face of Forgiveness, is about two young women who are transported to Australia in 1839. </span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">Carol has also written the Turning the Tide Series, based on her mother’s family, which begins with the First Fleet of convicts to Australia in 1788. These include Mary’s Guardian, Charlotte’s Angel, Tangled Secrets, and Truly Free. Next of Kin is her ninth novel. For more information about Carol’s books and her other interests she can be contacted on her website: </span><a href="http://www.carolpreston.com.au/" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: white;" target="_blank">www.carolpreston.com.au</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">, on her Facebook author page: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/writingtoreach" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: white;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/<wbr />writingtoreach</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: white;">or her Amazon author page: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/carolpreston" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: white;" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/author/<wbr />carolpreston</a></span></xml:namespace>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://acrba.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif="" style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk0f489up3zIZnNk76WdgzoM21ar2o5ZVx2qMgufUfrhpkfvjdNez1dAqVn5fLDQEb-ma9R0o8rShifFPxZK9YwVvWMqlfStKNSBYK7dxB2KzLD0jL_ZyiRZY2-XXrbIFuuwpIuKWKKv4/s1600/acrba+button1.jpg" /></span></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif=""><br /> 7 - 11 February</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <h3> <span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif="" style="color: black;"><a href="http://acrba.blogspot.com/">Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance</a></span></h3> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif="">is introducing</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/carolpreston" target="_blank">Next of Kin</a></span><br /> (Rhiza Press, May 2015)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Carol Preston</b></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TnDq94daxAs/VrbxKA3MEJI/AAAAAAAAAHE/wrA8OUMHBcU/s1600/book-next-of-kin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TnDq94daxAs/VrbxKA3MEJI/AAAAAAAAAHE/wrA8OUMHBcU/s1600/book-next-of-kin.jpg" /></a></div> <b><span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif=""><br /> <br /> </span></b> <b><span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif="">About the Book:</span></b><br /> <div style="line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px;"> <div style="line-height: normal;"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fanny Franks was raised to believe in honesty, equality and acceptance, regardless of background or circumstances. When she meets brothers Jack and Jim, she is drawm to them by the alienation and injustice which seems to pervade their lives. She is determined to intervene and help them find happiness, until a trauma in her own life brings discrimination and shame for which she is ill prepared. While she deals with her own struggle she comes to understand what Jim and Jack are going through - and they find where they truly belong.</span></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NEzhBkDmgl8/Vrbw4MKIRbI/AAAAAAAAAHA/lVgXnPQwFCU/s1600/head%2Bshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NEzhBkDmgl8/Vrbw4MKIRbI/AAAAAAAAAHA/lVgXnPQwFCU/s200/head%2Bshot.jpg" width="175" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <b><span arial="" helvetica="" sans-serif="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About the Author</span></b><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Carol lives in Wollongong with her husband, Neil. She is a psychologist and has a part time private counselling practice, as well as being an author and speaker. Carol enjoys spending time with her children and four grandchildren, as well as bushwalking, gardening and holidaying overseas with her husband. One of her hobbies over many years has been family history research. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">It was this research which started Carol on the journey of writing novels. Her first trilogy is about the Oakes Family; Suzannah’s Gold, Rebecca’s Dream and The Price of Peace, which takes the reader from 1838 when her great great grandmother, Suzannah Casey was transported from Ireland, through to the end of the First World War. Carol’s fourth novel, The Face of Forgiveness, is about two young women who are transported to Australia in 1839. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Carol has also written the Turning the Tide Series, based on her mother’s family, which begins with the First Fleet of convicts to Australia in 1788. These include Mary’s Guardian, Charlotte’s Angel, Tangled Secrets, and Truly Free. Next of Kin is her ninth novel. For more information about Carol’s books and her other interests she can be contacted on her website: </span><a href="http://www.carolpreston.com.au/" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.carolpreston.com.au</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">, on her Facebook author page: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/writingtoreach" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>writingtoreach</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">or her Amazon author page: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/author/carolpreston" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.amazon.com/author/<wbr></wbr>carolpreston</a></span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fbfffa; margin-bottom: 0cm;"> <div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </div> </div>