Of Things Gone Astray
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Mrs Featherby had been having pleasant dreams until she woke to discover the front of her house had vanished overnight ...
Janina Matthewson Books
This author's work explores the complexities of human relationships and the search for identity in the modern world. Her prose is characterized by a sharp insight into the human psyche and a sensitive observation of everyday life. She emphasizes the emotional depth of her characters and their internal struggles, which reflect universal human experiences. Her texts are written with a focus on subtle nuances and poetic language.
You Feel It Just Below the Ribs
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
A fictional autobiography in an alternate twentieth century that chronicles one woman’s unusual life, including the price she pays to survive and the cost her choices hold for the society she is trying to save.Born at the end of the old world, Miriam grows up during The Great Reckoning, a sprawling, decades-long war that nearly decimates humanity and strips her of friends and family. Devastated by grief and loneliness, she emotionally exiles herself, avoiding relationships or allegiances, and throws herself into her work—disengagement that serves her when the war finally ends, and The New Society arises.To ensure a lasting peace, The New Society forbids anything that may cause tribal loyalties, including traditional families. Suddenly, everyone must live as Miriam has chosen to—disconnected and unattached. A researcher at heart, Miriam becomes involved in implementing this detachment process. She does not know it is the beginning of a darkly sinister program that will transform this new world and the lives of everyone in it. Eventually, the harmful effects of her research become too much for Miriam, and she devises a secret plan to destroy the system from within, endangering her own life.But is her “confession” honest—or is it a fabrication riddled with lies meant to conceal the truth?
A beautiful story of isolation, self-examination and ultimately, what brings hope of renewal as inhabitants of a remote island deal with a global catastrophe.