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The Other Side
Anna is struggling with the aftermath of her messy divorce. She's trying to discover who she is without her husband by her side. She's trying to figure out how to deal with betrayal, how to trust again, and she's trying to figure out where she wants to go next. The world is her oyster, but the world is big and scary and full of selfish people. She knows that goodness and joy are out there, but, boy, does she feel jaded. When her friend, Samantha, suggests a holiday, a break from the daily grind, Anna jumps right into the planning. An escape from reality, even for a few days, sounds ideal. Admittedly, she'd prefer a beach holiday with cocktails over a long weekend of camping and warm wine, but funds are limited and maybe getting back to nature will help her reconnect with the world... ... Except that they pick an unfortunate spot to pitch their tent. Anna finds herself... somewhere. She could be in another dimension, an alternate reality, or maybe she's stuck in a nightmare; it's not quite the escape she had in mind. All she knows is that she has to wake up, get home, find the ruby slippers and kick her heels three times. She'll do whatever it takes to get back. The possibility that she might never be able to return is something that she isn't ready to accept without a fight.
279 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2019
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Catherine Johnson
124 books64 followersCatherine Johnson is a British author and screenwriter known for her young adult fiction and work in film, television and radio. Born in London to a Jamaican father and Welsh mother, she studied film at St Martin's School of Art before publishing her debut novel, The Last Welsh Summer (1993). She has since written around 20 novels, including works on Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, and won the 2019 Little Rebels Award for Freedom. Her historical novel Sawbones (2013) earned multiple shortlistings and the Young Quills Award. Johnson co-wrote the screenplay for Bullet Boy (2004) with Saul Dibb, and has served as Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison, and judge for the Jhalak Prize. In 2019, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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May 10, 2019
This is a menage fantasy kinda story. The world building and the relationships were truly excellent.
If you like R. Lee Smith this will be a kinder, gentler and right in your wheelhouse sort of read.
The heroine is awesome, her two hero's are fabulous and there is a really good fantasy plot going on too. I realize this may not be for everyone, but CJ is a really good writer and I enjoyed the time I spent in her world.
If you like R. Lee Smith this will be a kinder, gentler and right in your wheelhouse sort of read.
The heroine is awesome, her two hero's are fabulous and there is a really good fantasy plot going on too. I realize this may not be for everyone, but CJ is a really good writer and I enjoyed the time I spent in her world.
May 9, 2019
This book was a solid 4 ⭐️'s for me. I like Catherine Johnsons quirky, eclectic writing subjects. She doesn't follow a trend, she seems to write what's in her imagination and it just comes alive. It goes without saying that her writing skills are great. I know I say this a lot, but characterization makes a book either eh or great, and she does that well. It's hard to find her books sometimes bc they get misattributed to another author of the same name, which happened here. I hope thats been straightened out.
March 18, 2019
Stellar!
What an i expected surprise! A well do e time travel interspersed romance. I hadn't read anything about the book before I read it, just clicked be size I k re Ms Johnson would deliver. And I do t regret it!
What an i expected surprise! A well do e time travel interspersed romance. I hadn't read anything about the book before I read it, just clicked be size I k re Ms Johnson would deliver. And I do t regret it!
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