

Often authors begin a novel from the seed of an idea or an image or a feeling. Well, first of all thanks for your kind words, for being part of the book blog tour and also for some great questions.ġ. It is absolutely stunning, important, beautiful, breath-taking. Your story has really left quite an impression on me. and back out on the waves once more in the dark deep, a shadow follows.I am so very grateful to have been included on the book blog tour for 'The Last Whale'. When they land on a desert island, they're surprised to be confronted by a stranger who is not what he seems. As hope of rescue begins to fade, they find strength in these tales of magic, brave heroes, wily thieves, greedy sultans, and courageous girls. Through endless days and star-spangled nights, they drift - mere specks on the vast, empty ocean - weakened by fear, hunger, and burned by the unforgiving sun.Īya tells Bill about The Arabian Nights, and Shahrazad, who told 1001 stories to save her life. Aya, from the nomadic Berber tribe, was escaping to Europe when her migrant ship was destroyed in the same storm. After days alone at sea in a tiny rowing boat Bill rescues a girl clinging for her life to a barrel.

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