Blue
Chris Astor is a man in his early forties who is going through the toughest stretch of his life. Becky is Chris's fourteen-year-old daughter, a girl who overcame enormous challenges to become a vibrant, vital young woman - and now faces her greatest obstacle yet. Miea is the young queen of a...
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Chris Astor is a man in his early forties who is going through the toughest stretch of his life. Becky is Chris's fourteen-year-old daughter, a girl who overcame enormous challenges to become a vibrant, vital young woman - and now faces her greatest obstacle yet. Miea is the young queen of a fantasy land that Becky and Chris created when Becky was little, a fantasy land that has developed a life of its own and now finds itself in terrible, maybe fatal trouble. Together, Chris, Becky, and Miea need to uncover a secret. The secret to why their worlds have joined at this moment. The secret to their purpose. The secret to the future. It is a secret that, when discovered, will redefine imagination for all of them. Blue is a novel of trial and hope, invention and rediscovery. It might very well take you someplace you never knew existed.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781936558001 (1936558009)
Publish date: January 8th 2011
Publisher: The Fiction Studio
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
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Review coming soon as part of the Blue Blog Tour.Check out my review on 28 February at http://behindamillionandonepages.blogspot.com
I can't really explain what this book has made me feel. It felt more personal to me than anything that I have read in a long time. It almost felt as if this story was written for me. At the end of the story it asks for thoughts to be emailed and for the first time ever I am truly considering writing...
Going into Blue I honestly really wasn't sure what I should expect. I knew that the main character's daughter was ill, and I was hoping that this wasn't just a sad book. I've never minded a bit of a tearjerker, but books like that are always a tough read. Happily, I was genuinely surprised at the wa...