My Favourites

My book has been re-released and it is fresher, edited and formatted to such a great standard - yes, it looks totally professional.  Further details on the great giveaway and an interview in the format of My Favourites is all on the blog - http://www.jessekimmelfreeman.com/blog.html.

Check it out - I would be interested to know your favourites!!

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HOW A SINGLE MOM SURVIVED DEPRESSION, ABUSE AND BAD HAIR DAYS!!!!!


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Southern Author: Interview With Sarwah Osei-Tutu

Southern Author: Interview With Sarwah Osei-Tutu: 1. What type of books do you write? I write poetry, about my life, children, predictions, just about anything that can happen on a parti...

Bleu's Reviews: Meet Author Sarwah Osei-Tutu - 'The Highs, The Lo...

Bleu's Reviews: Meet Author Sarwah Osei-Tutu - 'The Highs, The Lo...: Today we will be meeting the lovely author & poet,  Sarwah Osei-Tutu. She will be sharing a bit about herself and her book, 'The Highs, The...

Black Friday Giveaway

A book of poetry written at each stage of my life. Childhood, University Student, Mother, Married, Separation and a Single Mother. Life is tough for everyone. I believe that everyone has struggled through one aspect of their life, others every aspect. I do have faith that one day, it will get better and the journey will end with a stronger, wiser woman at the end of it.

Life can get you down, but it is how you deal with these struggles that make you the person you are today. I find writing helps me deal with every aspect of my life. The pleasant experiences are written so that I can turn back and be grateful for the things I have achieved in life. The unpleasant experiences are written, so I can overcome them and deal with the problems that I am facing at the moment. I am publishing these personal parts of my life, to help others see that they are not alone. I am not an expert in any domain, I have not succeeded in any aspect of my life, but I try to learn from my mistakes and in turn, I have become wiser. Knowledge gained by experience, rather than through a book or education. Therefore, take this journey with me, through every aspect of my life, the highs, lows and the inbetweens.


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THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS

1. What type of books do you write?
I write historical novels and also some contemporary fiction. I am fascinated by the last century and the way both World Wars have affected the creation of new nations: The changing of borders, forced or voluntary movement of people and the resulting conflicts of loyalty and sense of belonging of my heroes. To portray this I usually create a large cast of characters whose lives are affected by the chain reaction of political and personal changes.
My other, contemporary, fiction revolves around private dramas, such as mental and physical illnesses, mid-life crisis and choices we are forced to make in our lives.

2. What is the latest book, you have written?
“THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS” is a novel set in 1933 Bratislava of what was then the First Republic of Czechoslovakia. It focuses on the romance between a Jewish weaver’s daughter and a German bookseller. As fascist interest in the country increases and war comes to Europe the couple and their families have to face the challenges thrown at each of them. After the War there are more unexpected circumstances to deal with.
I have some family connections to the region and while researching the past of my ancestors I started to become particularly fascinated by the role that Slovakia played in World War II.

3. Is it part of a series?
“THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS” is part of a trilogy, which deals with the issues I have outlined above: Political borders, forced or voluntary mass movement of people and conflicts of loyalty and sense of belonging. The Trilogy is loosely entitled “The Trilogy of Nations”. The next part in the series has the working title “SEBASTIAN” and is set in Vienna before and after World War I.

4. When did you start writing?
I first started writing at the age of 10 for my school’s student magazine, mainly comic pieces. In my late teens my desire to read got the upper hand and I abandoned my creativity in order to read more of what others had put together. I started again two years ago.

5. Why did you start writing?
I began to write a student manual for a course I was planning to give and got distracted by the idea for a novel. Curious to see if I could do it I persevered, expecting to lose my momentum before long. Only as I reached the 100 page mark did I believe that this story could turn into a book. My reason for writing that particular and yet unpublished book was my desire to share my personal experiences with mentally ill people, to alert people to the problems, heighten their sensitivity and become more tolerant, change their perspective. I am writing books of the type that I prefer in the hope that they will entertain others in the same way as I have been entertained and educated by great writers in the genre.

6. Who are your influences?
In terms of other authors, I would have to say: Lionel Shriver, Simon Mawer, Christos Tsiolkas, Tom Perrotta and Patrick Gale – to name a few. Their honesty and bite when portraying their characters, their ability to create a love-hate relationship with their protagonists have fascinated me deeply and I am sure that some of their style has rubbed off on me.
Being German and having learned Latin at school I am told that my sentence structure is reminiscent of Thomas Mann and other German writers, many of whom I studied in my teens and twenties.
Other influences are of course my wonderful friends and editors.

7. What can we expect from you in the future?
“THE LUCK OF THE WEISSENSTEINERS” is out on Amazon Kindle and CreateSpace print on demand in December. The second part of the Trilogy, “SEBASTIAN”, and a book about dementia, are currently in the later stages of editing. I hope to publish at least one of them in 2013.
A translation into German is currently also under way.
My blogs are:
Author blog
Trilogy Information
Facebook
Facebook book page

Emptiness

I am a shell,
Echoes,
Hearing voices around.

I can not grow,
Or belong,
To anything once more.

I am empty,
Surrounded by beauty,
On this shore.

I can not love,
Alone,
Hollow once more.

I am a shell,
With no owner,
No feelings anymore.