Passing the Parcel

Download or read book Passing the Parcel written by Dorothy Chandler Nelson and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passing the Parcel is a multi-layered novel that, through its characters, put in diverse situations, questions the role of victims. Georgina, 37, married with two teenage daughters, feels unfulfilled personally, and searches within for the imaginative child she used to be. In her youthful play, she had believed she was two people: George, obedient and compliant, and Gina, her secret alter-ego who is fearless and yearns for adventure. Georgina is rooted in her childhood fiction, and having labeled herself 'the girl on the rug, ' remains victim of the image she believes she conveys to the world. Enrolling on a Humanities degree course Georgina embarks on a journey of self-discovery, hopeful of being reunited with Gina. On her first day in college, a missing local girl's murdered body is discovered. Georgina becomes obsessed with the study of female victims, a fixation that begins to threaten her own family life. To escape her mounting problems she writes her own gothic novella, the story of Marie, a young governess in 1900, and her 4 charges. Her life takes a new turn. Will these new experiences help Georgina gain a deeper understanding of her identity?About the Author: Dorothy Chandler Nelson was born in 1948 in Maghull, then a farming district ten miles from Liverpool. She moved to the Wigan area where she began writing fiction. In 1993 she obtained a B.A. Hons. Degree in Literature at the University of Bolton, where she currently teaches Creative Writing. She wrote her first novel, Shouting Back, as part of her Masters Degree at Edge Hill College, Ormskirk in Lancashire. Publisher's Web site: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/PassingTheParcel.ht