Wow, this is one of those books you can't put down otherwise you will lose track where you are in the book. I lost track a few times and struggled to keep track on what the characters where doing. I struggled with who was narrating the book and which person it was being read in. In truth I was only able to read the first third. I just couldn't get into it.
This book isn't for everyone. But try because you might be one of the ones that love this book.
Please don't let the lowish rating put you of. This particular book just wasn't my personal 'CUP OF TEA'.
And if this book does really help prevent Child Abuse, then great I want all adults to read it. Maybe we can help more children by stopping Child Abuse before it even starts.
The Author of this book claims it will help prevent Child Abuse. Here is a link with his evidence.
http://iambookreviewing.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/how-and-why-rarity-from-hollow-helps-to.html
Enjoy :) x
BlurbLacy Dawn's father relives the Gulf War, her mother's teeth are rotting out, and her best friend is murdered by the meanest daddy on Earth. Life in The Hollow isn't great. But Lacy has one advantage -- she's been befriended by a semi-organic, semi-robot who works with her to cure her parents. He wants something in exchange, though. It's up to Lacy Dawn to save the Universe.
To prepare Lacy for her coming task, she is being schooled daily via direct downloads into her brain. Some of these courses tell her how to apply magic to resolve everyday problems much more pressing to her than a universe in big trouble, like those at home and at school. She doesn't mind saving the universe, but her own family and friends come first.
Will Lacy Dawn's predisposition, education, and magic be enough for her to save the Universe, Earth, and, most importantly, protect her own family?
Rarity from the Hollow is adult literary science fiction filled with tragedy, comedy and satire. It is a children's story for adults, not for the prudish, faint of heart, or easily offended.
About the Author
Robert Eggleton has served as a children's advocate in an
impoverished state for over forty years. He is best known for his investigative
reports about children’s programs, most of which were published by the West
Virginia Supreme Court where he worked from 1982 through 1997, and which also
included publication of models of serving disadvantaged and homeless children
in the community instead of in large institutions, research into foster care
drift involving children bouncing from one home to the next -- never finding a
permanent loving family, and statistical reports on the occurrence and
correlates of child abuse and delinquency. Today, he is a recently retired
children's psychotherapist from the mental health center in Charleston, West Virginia,
where he specialized in helping victims cope with and overcome physical and
sexual abuse, and other mental health concerns. Rarity from the Hollow is his
debut novel and its release followed publication of three short Lacy Dawn
Adventures in magazines: Wingspan Quarterly, Beyond Centauri, and Atomjack
Science Fiction. Author proceeds have been donated to a child abuse prevention
program operated by Children’s Home Society of West Virginia. http://www.childhswv.org/ Robert continues
to write fiction with new adventures based on a protagonist that is a composite
character of children that he met when delivering group therapy services. The
overall theme of his stories remains victimization to empowerment.
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