Alan McCluskey’s latest novel, In Search of Lost Girls, the sequel to Boy & Girl, is now available both in print and electronically.
You can read two sample chapters online (1, 2) and order your copy using the links provided below.
If you know of people who might be interested in the book, don’t hesitate to forward this mail to them. Thanks.
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In Search of Lost GirlsListen carefully. You can just hear the mournful tolling of a bell over the shuffle of girls’ feet as they traipse to Mass, nursing bruises and numb despair. No one cares. No one is there to stem the torrent of injustice and abuse. They are lost and forgotten. In another world, the cathedral still reverberates to the melody of angelic voices as the mourners file out, heads bowed, words hushed. If only they knew that the two girls whose music delights them so were really boys in disguise, sanctity would flee in the face of raging indignation. Then a gun shot threatens to put an end to the girls’ lost cause. The scene is set. The author picks up his pen with trembling fingers and begins to write. Time to tear Kate and Peter apart. The thought of making her life hell has him dribbling in anticipation. Age is no excuse. He ought to know better. Things rarely turn out as an author expects. |
To buy a print copyIf you live in Switzerland, you can order from Secret Paths Editions: author.secret-paths.com/?wpsc-product=islg You have the added benefit that you can request a copy signed by the author at no extra charge. Createspace: www.createspace.com/4911804 Amazon: US, UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, JP, IN, BR, CA, MX, AU and elsewhere. To buy in eBook formatSmashwords www.smashwords.com/books/view/460382 Kindle US, UK, FR, DE, IT, ES, JP, IN, BR, CA, MX, AU and elsewhere. Apple’s iBookstore: US, UK, FR, DE, CH, NL, ES, SE, DK, AT, PT, CA, JP, MX, BR, |
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Boy & GirlWhen Peter awakes in the head of a girl, he is both delighted and alarmed that his secret yearnings have become reality. Very quickly, however, his error is apparent; this girl is not him. Kaitling –that’s her name– is twelve years old, like him. She’s the daughter of a magician, a prominent figure in another world. Boy and girl travel back and forth from each other’s minds, but have little time to get acquainted before Kaitling’s island is overrun by warrior priests and she has to flee. At home, a conflict erupts in Peter’s family forcing him to take refuge at a friend’s place. Meanwhile at school, a haughty new girl goads him about his girlishness and, spitting in his face, vows to rid the earth of people like him. The stage seems set for a desperate struggle to survive, but will ingenuity and youthful fervour be enough against folly and fanaticism? This is the revised edition of Boy & Girl which is now available. For more details, see here. |
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Secret Paths Editions: secret-paths.com Email: info@secret-paths.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/Secret.Paths Author’s notes: author.secret-paths.com Artwork gallery: photos.secret-paths.com |
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