Synopsis
A taste of what is on offer
A multitude of written works, Lauren Addison-Mullins has here a collection of synopsis and prologues of her best titles for you to sample
MY BOOKS
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MY NOVELS
A CIRCLE OF STONE
A fictional novel
Synopsis: It is accidental time-travel in my ‘Babushka Doll’ style novel. It houses six illustrated short stories, ‘The Most Unlikely Adventures of Benjamin’ (The Last Thylacine). It’s a tale of fantastic global family history with sometimes gut-wrenching laughter and occasional gut- wrenching sorrow. When Granni tells her two Grand Girls their history. They not only hear Granni’s stories; they actually live them...
First paragraph: Granni Laura and her Grand Girls Missy & Lou Lou live their phenomenal family history through accidental time travel... From meeting their First Fleet forebears in Dorset UK, then travelling via The Emerald Isles, Prussia, Scotland, and York, to finally being shipwrecked on Norfolk Island. Eventually with some unorthodox assistance they finally arrive home to Grand Dad’s farm. Benjamin the last known Thylacine meanders his way throughout their incredible global journey.
Poetry, artwork, songs, illustrations, and seven short surprises feature within...
Excerpt: ‘A Circle of Stones’
Granni peered out through the kitchen window... She leaned over the kitchen sink stacked high with lunchtime dishes determined to get a closer look. She was sure she had unwittingly discovered Missy and Lou Lou’s secret! Earlier Granni had overheard the funny little pair quietly discussing time-travel, at the time she had actually thought, ‘What brilliant imaginations they have!’...And there they go... Past the kitchen window each carrying an armful of heavy stones...
# Available right now; they won’t last long! There are a small number of (Limited First Edition - Personally Signed & Numbered) copies available of my eclectic, illustrated, family history, ‘fictional based on fact’ novel - ‘A Circle of Stones’.
Contact Lauren now for immediate purchase
THE MOST UNLIKELY ADVENTURES OF BENJAMIN - Volumes I- VI
Prologue:
Follow the amazing adventures of Benjamin the Thylacine! Extinct - Never... Just ask Missy and Lou Lou!
Follow six exciting and varied volumes of the amazing and most unlikely adventures of Benjamin the last known Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) and his best mate Walter the Bushman. They travel through the rugged Tasmanian Wilderness, take a trip to The Fair, cross the Tasman Sea to New Zealand, holiday in Papua New Guinea, and have fun at the family home ‘Riverside’. Benjamin then ventures off one last time to the mainland, to eventually wind up at the Dismal Swamp before finally arriving home...
AMALIA & LUCY’S TASMANIAN NATVE FRIENDS
Synopsis: You never really know who is hiding at the bottom of your garden!
Best friends Amalia and Lucy venture to the bottom of their garden to chat with their friendly little pet Echidna, Antony. They are in for a surprise!
The girls are on a mission to find out all they can about their Tasmanian Native Friends.
They enjoy chatting to their special native friend Antony the Echidna, along with his mate Jez, plus Wallace the Wombat, Missy and Lou Lou the Pademelons, Lozzi the Spotted Quoll, Raquel the Ringtail Possum, Suzi the Bandicoot, and Kristo the Tassie Devil. Sadly Benjamin the Thylacine is extinct!
Note: Along with ‘Amalia & Lucy’s Tasmanian Native Friends’ - The six Benjamin short stories are strategically placed within the novel - ‘A Circle of Stones’... They might be released independently at a later date, if sufficient interest.
GOLDEN LEAVES - A Memoir
Synopsis:
Golden Leaves is the amazing memoir of local North West Coast business identity, ‘Lloyd Campbell’... It’s an uplifting story of faith, hope, and charity.
Lloyd was a humble man;
however, his story is truly inspirational... ‘Captivating Reading’. A quality full colour production - Available now for immediate posting...
Contact Lauren for purchase details.
WOOD CHIPS - A Memoir
Synopsis: Laurence Edwin Addison’s life was full to the brim
Laurie’s life story began at the ‘Springlawn’, Bakers Beach, North West Tasmanian property of his ‘Addison’ pastoral forebears. ‘Wood Chips’ meanders through his lifetime of amazing personal achievements, including fishing for a living at 14 years of age! Plus success in over forty years of business and farming on King Island, to the phenomenal highs of his passion for competitive wood chopping on the Australian circuit. His legacy was to instil good manners and a strong work ethic in his children and beyond. Laurence was sure to do well, he was born with a fierce determination to achieve and to win! ...captivating and compelling reading...
NOVELS AVAILABLE SOON
JOCK’S TALISMAN - Anthology. A Collection of Short Stories and Fast Fiction
Including: Jock’s Tailsman, Tilly, Jock’s War, All’s Well That Ends Well, Seriously A Wombat In The House
Jock’s Talisman
Prelude: Jock deftly flicked his gold sovereign high up into the air. As always it appeared to hover momentarily before abruptly tumbling head over tail back into the palm of his gnarly old farmer’s hand. The little girl’s eyes lit up and sparkled wide with delight. Jock played his talisman trick time and time again for her; just to see her eyes sparkle and hear her squeals of unbridled rapture. Had she been his own he could not have loved the little girl more. She’d filled his world. She could have been his own girl-child had life dealt him a different hand...
Tilly
Synopsis: Tilly is a divine short story about a genuine love for ‘man’s best friend’...
‘A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than himself’
Little Tilly’s life is full of adventures!
An insight into the life of a special Red Kelpie. Join the gorgeous little Tilly in her lifetime of adventures and adventures of a lifetime. From her beginnings on the farm, life with Jock, and her eventful jaunts with Grace. Tilly has a very individual and engaging personality! Eventually life comes full circle for Tilly.
Jock’s War
Lest we Forget - An honourable home coming with a devastating outcome...
All’s Well That Ends Well
A book about birds...
Seriously a Wombat in the House
Prelude: You have got to be joking! - No joke, young Noel heard it all from his little room at the front of the ‘Springlawn’ homestead...
THE MODIGLIANI GANG - Anthology - (A collection of Short Stories)
Including: The Business of Revenge, Penguin Island Beckons, Camp Creek Track, Let’s Go, The Ghost of Boobyalla, Dead or Alive
Anthology Prologue: Initially as individuals we weren’t particularly naughty. We were mostly compliant and reasonably well behaved; nevertheless, we were just a little bit adventurous! It all changed once we were self-initiated into our gangs ... Our behaviours escalated; albeit by degrees! To the chagrin of our parentals we certainly pushed all the boundaries... But isn’t it what kids are supposed to do? We all revelled in our made up vocabulary of parentals and personages. We seriously thought ourselves so cleaver as teenagers!
“Unbeknown to the parentals our play had become deadly!”
The gang’s behaviours escalate... follow them through their young journey, beginning with harmless fun, which escalates to an unspeakable act!
HEARTWORKS (Lauren’s Poetry & Abstract Paintings)
Age is not a barrier to creativity. ‘Heartworks is a collaboration of Lauren’s poetry and ‘HartArt’, the abstract paintings of her husband John and herself.
REBEL - A Novel (Lauren’s Favourite)
Synopsis: Rebel is a heartfelt account of a child’s struggle to be heard... If ponies are in your child’s DNA do take note! This is a story for every kid who never got the pony...
Quote:
When folk say, ‘It’s just a horse,’ they simply don’t understand!
Introductions:
Ami-Lou: Hi, my folk call me Rebel, apparently I’ve been a rebel since the day I was born. Now I’m a rebellious Teenrager and I ever so desperately need a pony!
Rebel: I’m a Rebel by name and most certainly by nature. I have the look of a rebellious horse, a shiny black coat with a dazzling diamond shaped patch on my rump!
‘To thy own self be true’
Ami-Lou was born to own a pony. She knew this to be so... however, her non-horsey parentals most definitely did not!
Rebel the black horse with a diamond shaped patch on his rump was born to race but being orphaned at birth changed the expected outcome of his birthright.
The novel Rebel is an anxious and spirited journey of two Rebels. Their never give in, never give up attitude causes on-going mayhem. Their individual journeys are believable and relatable for previously spirited kids, animal lovers, and horse lovers alike. The underlying message is one typical of a child’s struggle to be heard.
Ami-Lou is shy but quietly determined, her colourful imagination sees her through. Being an A grade problem-solver she is unwavering in her quest, and engages all her powers of persuasion, including; beg, steal, borrow, and buy to fill her home with animals while waiting for a pony to materialise... While she does not obtain a pony to call her own, she is never without a horse to ride...
While Rebel the horse lives through trials and tribulations, he also has many high points in his life. Although his highs are interspersed with the lowest of lows. His diamond sets him apart!
Perseverance pays off for the two Rebels. They eventually triumph over their individual torments of life, to reach an unexpected and heartfelt conclusion...
Interspersed with identifying coloured taglines and chapter headings, the narrative flows between Ami-Lou the Rebel and Rebel the Horse.
GOLDEN GROVE - ‘Leaving Armenia’ (Lauren’s best)
‘Their life’s journey shaped a future for Asya & Siranoush’
Synopsis: Golden Grove - Leaving Armenia is a poignant journey filled with many trials and tribulations for the Artsrunian family, while making their way to the promise of peace and a new life.
After war propaganda by the Soviets caused the sudden escape by Aram Artsrunian and his family. The Turks of the Ottoman Empire were interested in his whereabouts as well...
Aram and his family are forced to flee their family orange grove, settled under Mount Ararat. They appear to have become peasants overnight.
When Aram is whisked away from his family at gun point, it is his daughter Asya who steps up to give care and to take control. His wife Seda and his sickly young girl Siranoush are not helpful. Asya bravely makes the decisions of an adult in a bid to find her father.
When reunited with his family Arev takes control with an audacious plan of his own. They say a forever goodbye to their Armenian Christian anchor, Mount Ararat. They then crisscross the Middle East, in escape from Aram’s traitorous best friend and former KGB colleague, Arev.
Their life changes abruptly when firstly Asya then Aram become ill. Aram becomes irrational and unstable causing much angst for his already distraught family. It was an upheaval, which would to be repeated a second time.
They make their way to the relative safety of Egypt to eventually lose another fortune and be forced to escape from another country.
Initially life in Egypt is blissful for all but Asya, who does not settle. She misses the security of Armenia and her families’ orange grove home. Aram becomes a successful business man for the second time in his life, providing his family wealth, status, and lifestyle.
A coup d’état causes massive change for Egyptian non-nationals. European business men who built the success of Cairo are forced to move money out of Egypt on the black market. Sometimes successfully and sometimes not!
While they lost their business and their capital, quick thinking by Seda saved the family jewels. They were not exactly peasants when they escaped Egypt. Their second journey provided the peaceful life they so craved.
“Golden Grove captures the proud beating heart of Armenians”
DIVINE TIMING - Volumes 1-4, Memoir & Self Help
My ‘Divine Timing’ books began with my mortal or physical journey towards Spiritual awareness. With Adriana’s input and guided assistance I’ve written ‘Divine Timing’ Volumes I – II – III - IV. I am excited to be able to present the four volumes of ‘Divine Timing, to assist and enhance our joint messages of recognising enlightenment and to encourage self-healing. On reflection, I know and trust I am already Spirit with no need to search. I am my ‘Soul Spirit’.
All the information from my past; gleaned, discussed, and shared was actually forming an important part of my mortal self. It’s what has shaped me throughout my physical life, unbeknownst to me, also my Spiritual self...
Since I have learnt, from Adriana, to trust in the everyday messages from those same people up in the Ether everything in my life now makes sense. I am far from perfect, because quite simply like you, I am Spirit having a human physical experience.
I am truly grateful to Adriana for her insights and encouragement of my Spiritual future. Sharing my life’s ups and downs along with my outcomes and triumphs will hopefully benefit others who find themselves in a situation of struggle without faith. My story starts and ends with my mortal or physical journey towards Spiritual awareness. See Adriana’s website: www.manyfeathers.com.au for her medium channeling and remote healing services.
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- Adriana Verhey -
[Spiritual Advisor]
OUR ISLAND HOME - ‘Connecting King Island Folk... Where are they now’
Oral Histories ‘Living in the Seventies’; the interesting lives of Ex-King Island folk. Reacquaint with them through their personal stories...
(Currently being compiled - Open for expressions of interest now)
Prelude: For those of us who choose to reconnect, regardless of where in the world we travel or currently live, King Island will always be our Island home...
Our memories are special as are our interconnections. From time to time we wonder, ‘Where is so and so’... It may be a photo posted on social media or just a gathering of ex-King Islanders that sparks a memory, which creates the wonder... Here is a snippet of our special memories and recollections...
Contact author for copies of volumes 1 & 2, with volumes 3-5 coming soon…
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- Pauline Campbell -
[Mentor & Friend]
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