Writers Abroad Magazine Issue 1 | Page 31

WRITERS ABROAD MAGAZINE WA Bookshelf Here you will find details of publications by WA Members, including links. We’d love to receive your reviews! The House at Zaronza by Vanessa Couchman Set in early 20th-century Corsica and at the Western Front in World War I, The House at Zaronza is loosely inspired by a true story. It tells the story of Maria Orsini, the daughter of a bourgeois family in a Corsican village. A new schoolmaster comes to the village and they carry on a secret romance, but Maria’s family has other ideas for her future. She becomes a volunteer nurse during World War I and the novel follows her fortunes through the war and beyond. “I loved this book. It is beautifully told, word perfect, totally absorbing and wonderfully researched.” “This debut novel is an absolute gem.” The House at Zaronza was judged in the top four in the Flash 500 Novel Opening Competition and is published by Crooked Cat Publishing. Available in paperback and e-book editions from Amazon Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves by Dianne Ascroft. Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves is a collection of half a dozen short stories with Irish connections. Tales of outsiders who discover they belong, a humorous slice of life yarn, heart-warming love stories and a tale of taming fear. The shadows are on the wall, in the heart and clouding a woman’s memories while tangible foes tramp through the physical landscape. The stories were previously printed individually in a variety of Irish magazines and anthologies. Buy Your Copy Here 31 | S e p t 2 0 1 4