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    Holding the Threads

    By Alison Jesson

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    An authentic historical novel about the harshness of life of missionaries in South America in the first half of the 20th century. Based on extensive research of the author’s grandparents.A vivid memoir which explores how the richness of our lives depends on the quality of our relationships.

    SS Orita. Mid-atlantic. 1904. “Everything I had ever known was behind me and I had only the vaguest idea about where I was going. What if I had made an awful mistake?”

    Beatrice, newly wedded wife of Stuart McNairn – a recently qualified Evangelical missionary – is on her way to Cuzco, a town in Peru, which has persecuted English missionaries who have gone before. Their mission is to convert the native Indian population from the corruption and oppression of the Catholic Church which has crushed them into poverty and idolatry.

    But life in Cuzco is hard; disease, poverty and alcohol claim many lives. Beatrice and her husband, Mac, face both fierce opposition and physical hardship, which tests their relationship to its limits.

    In this fictional memoir, based on true events, we follow Beatrice through both good times and bad, in a life-time of self-discovery. Holding the Threads explores our sense of belonging and the connections we make with the past, the present and with future generations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateSep 28, 2017
    ISBN9781788031004
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    Holding the Threads
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    Alison Jesson

    Alison Jesson’s first novel, The Mind’s Garden, was published by Matador in 2012 and was very well received. She has also had poems published in leading poetry magazines, and was shortlisted for the Hamish Canham poetry prize in 2006. Having previously worked as a psychotherapist she is now retired.

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