Mirrored Lives

by Lois Quinn

Overview

In alternating chapters, until they meet, follow both Rachel and Philipa.

Philipas life was dictated by her Victorian parents distaste at their childs physical disability: a childhood of cruelty and abuse at the hands of a cruel Nanny. World War II was her porthole to escape into a world of adventure and courage.

Rachels young life is abruptly shattered by an accident which leaves her grotesquely disfigured. During her enforced excursion into therapy, Rachel is exposed to the sleazy underworld of respectable Edinburgh. Beneath the stunning skyline of Scotlands capital city, Rachel is drawn into a web of drugs, violence and death.

Forced to share the intimacy of a hospital ward, the two women find they share a great deal more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781456792701
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	04/20/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	229 KB

About the Author

Lois Quinns professional experience has given her a deep insight in to the complexities of human responses to life events&relationships. In particular her knowledge of the impact of illness and disability is reflected in the lives of the characters in Mirrored Lives.

Her professional empathy is reflected in her treatment of their loss an grief and as a long term resident of Edinburgh, she is not afraid to rip away the tourist faade of the city to reveal the dark, drug ridden underbelly of a place once described as the Aids capital of Europe.

This novel is purely fictional but set in the real streets of Edinburgh and she draws on all her practical&academic knowledge to give reality to her characters.

With years of experience in child care, social work and palliative care, the author, under her own name, has already published academic work and is known nationally as a freelance tutor.