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mother's day magic: with love by 12 different authors

13/3/2016

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​Mother's Day Magic: with Love rather caught me by surprise. I wasn't sure I would enjoy this anthology of relationships and love, all centered around the magical day that is Mother's Day - How surprised was I? This is a superb collection of stories by a number of talented authors. Of extra pleasure to me was the revelation that part of the profits from this collection would be donated to MS research. 

Mother's Day Magic: With Love is a collection of twelve individual short stories and/or novellas, by twelve separate writers, of whom, eleven I think, are female. Every single one of the stories had something special about them and I wouldn't be overstating things to say that I enjoyed each and every one of them. 

As always though there were some stories that touched me more than others. The first of these was An English Rose by Allyson R Abbott. I absolutely adored this story of a quintessential 85-year-old English woman who realizes before it is too late that maybe there is life left in the old girl yet. Maybe it's my colonial background, but the language and situations in this story absolutely resonated with me. I adored it.

Another story that captured my attention and my admiration for its clever writing was The Day Before Eclosion by Adrienne Ruvalcaba. I don't want to spoil the plot for anyone, but I found the metaphor the writer used was not only perfectly appropriate to the situation, it was moving in the extreme. This was a wonderful story. 

The final story I want to mention that truly captured me was Vision of the Heart by Mary Crawford. This story was touching and moving as we followed the struggle of a once proud nurse who has had to give up her career due to the onset of blindness through macular degeneration. The story is redolent with emotion and understanding as we watch her journey of coming to terms with her blindness and the relationship with her children and husband. I absolutely loved this story, especially the Nursing College Reunion section; that revealed so much of the human condition. 

I really could go on and on about these stories. Twelve wonderful stories and not a single dud among them. It is rare that you read a compilation where every story connects and excites you - Mother's Day Magic is such a compilation. I would highly recommend this to all readers; it is five stars plus all the way. Excellent!

You can find this superb book at Amazon: http://amzn.to/1P6sKNq       

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Allyson R Abbott
13/3/2016 19:56:25

Thank you so much for your kind comments about An English Rose, I am so glad you enjoyed it. I am still busy reading through the rest of the anthology, so can't wait now to get to The Day Before Eclosion. Thanks again. Allyson

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Grant Leishman
20/3/2016 10:37:05

Your story stood out for me, partly because it was the "British" experience and the old dear was so quintessentially British, especially to one who grew up in NZ with a television diet of Coronation Street. I loved it. I have no doubt you will love The Day Before Exclosion.

Well done to all of you and I hope the anthology is a wonderful success.

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Adrienne Ruvalcaba
14/3/2016 00:48:14

What a compliment! I'm happy you enjoyed my story, especially since it was nestled in with the work of so many talented and hardworking authors.

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Grant Leishman
20/3/2016 10:38:31

They really all were wonderful stories by fine authors Adrienne. I hope this anthology is the great success it deserves to be. Well done to all of you.

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Tamara Ferguson link
14/3/2016 03:34:05

Thanks so much, Grant, for your lovely review of Mother's Day Magic. It's an honor and privilege to be working with this talented group of authors--who have also become my friends!!

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Grant Leishman
20/3/2016 10:34:39

Yes, Tamara, I can imagine it is wonderful to work with other authors. I am experiencing this myself at present. I am writing a novel in conjunction with two other authors, each having our own separate character within the story. It is intriguing and fascinating and...of course, at times frustrating lol.

There was not a single story in your anthology that I didn't enjoy. It truly was a pleasure to read. Well done to all of you.

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