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by Jacqueline Gay Walley (Author)
A creative, individualistic woman risks following a vision to a place that ends up changing her to a new, true, risky, loving self.
Dostoyevsky said, "Beauty saves," and, in Jacqueline Gay Walley's The Waw, a woman leaves her New York life to follow an image she has seen of a small town of great beauty by the sea in England. She does not quite know why she does this and is frequently asked and gives different answers. There she encounters remarkable people of strength with whom she explores music, love, dignity, and the gifts of solitude coupled with the gifts of community. She, in addition, is having a collection of her writings published which is daunting to her since she knows she will now be revealed, and not so pleasantly, and this unglues her. Along the way, the reader gets a wry look at publishing. The narrator is also wrestling with how the world's changing is being reported in such a vituperative manner. She also has a boyfriend in New York who visits and reveals himself in ways unforeseen. At the same time, she meets two men on the island, who astound her in their lack of artifice and sly profundity. She finds herself in love and more open than ever before. All of this put together strips her down to her essence, where the beauty of the place and people are able to transform her to a better self. The book is written in an inventive style: novelistic, seemingly memoir, often poetic, sometimes with a touch of magic realism. "Author Biography
Jacqueline Gay Walley has published eight novels, the most recent before The Waw is Magnetism. She has written plays (shown in New York and London) and has two films out based on her books. She has also written e-books such as How to Write a First Novel and other topics which are available on Bookboon. Her film, The Erotic Fire of the Unattainable was selected by six international film festivals and now plays on Amazon Prime. Born in London, raised in Montreal, she now lives in New York. She coaches writing, edits and ghostwrites.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.7 x 9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: June 11, 2024
