Bøker av Heather Martin

Love, light, and burning white sage aren't enough to heal Chrissie Demata's wounds. She's desperate for connection and meaning in life but growing up without a father and estranged from her manic depressive mother, she never learned how.Now a 40-year-old Angeleno, Chrissie excels at the art of spiritual and emotional bypassing, clinging to tarot cards, healing crystals, energy healers and positive vibes without mercy. When her mother ends up in the hospital with a mental breakdown and Chrissie is the only person who can help, she must decide how much she can give to win her mother's love, and if that love requires that she betray herself in the process.

A Racy and Successful Businesswoman Gets Raw and Vulnerable as She Navigates Repressed Trauma"An intriguing and powerful book. From the get-go, the author pulls the reader into the beautifully flawed life of the main character and takes the reader on a journey filled with sarcasm, sex, alcohol, success, truth, and healing. This book will be hard to put down and will leave you wanting more in the end." - Reader"The type of central female character that great feminist novels are made of-complicated, flawed, badass, powerful, yet tender and compassionate upon further reveal through layers of story. Within the first few chapters of 'Fuchsia Parade', we come to know Kailee as a heavy drinker, hard-partying woman, well-connected socialite, and someone who has the type of self-confidence we all wish was instilled into us growing up as girls," said Girl Talk Headquarters.Writer's Digest called Fuchsia Parade exemplary in its structure, organization, and pacing. "Overall, I loved [the author's] style. This story was told in a first person voice, which isn't always easy to do, but especially not when the topic can be so difficult all on its own. I thought she handled it with grace where called for, and laid out a story that would be relatable and appealing to tons of different readers."Winner of the National Indie Excellence AwardKailee Johnson has a voracious appetite for men. "There are 3 types of men when you're on the prowl-the tasty morsel, the hottie, and the nice guy."A successful and powerful businesswoman in the male-dominated New York construction industry, she anchors her glamorous lifestyle in the up-and-coming "6th borough" of Jersey City, where Kailee aggressively pursues money, designer shoes, men, and cocktails.One day she wakes up to the smell of booze, shame and regret to proclaim the powerful words "I need help." Her search for healing leads to a clairvoyant in Manhattan, to the deepest reaches of her subconscious mind, and to the New Mexican scene of a repressed childhood memory where sexual abuse changed her life forever.Kailee fights a ferocious battle to reclaim her shadows by battling old ways, fears and a traumatic ecosystem to uncover the powerful and sensitive woman within. Her story will entertain you, make you laugh, cry, and sing triumphant at her journey to become whole.

Jack Reacher is only the second of Jim Grant's great fictional characters: the first is Lee Child himself. Heather Martin's biography tells the story of all three.Lee Child is the enigmatic powerhouse behind the bestselling Jack Reacher novels. With millions of devoted fans across the globe, and over a hundred million copies of his books sold in more than forty languages, he is that rarity, a writer who is lauded by critics and revered by readers. And yet curiously little has been written about the man himself.The Reacher Guy is a compelling and authoritative portrait of the artist as a young man, refracted through the life of his fictional avatar, Jack Reacher. Through parallels drawn between Child and his literary creation, it tells the story of how a boy from Birmingham with a ferocious appetite for reading grew up to become a high-flying TV executive, before coming full circle and establishing himself as the strongest brand in publishing.Heather Martin explores Child's lifelong fascination with America, and shows how the Reacher novels fed and fuelled this obsession, shedding light on the opaque process of publishing a novel along the way. Drawing on her conversations and correspondence with Child over a number of years, as well as interviews with his friends, teachers and colleagues, she forensically pieces together his life, traversing back through the generations to Northern Ireland and County Durham, and following the trajectory of his extraordinary career via New York and Hollywood until the climactic moment when, in 2020, having written a continuous series of twenty-four books, he finally breaks free of his fictional creation.

Lee Child is the enigmatic powerhouse behind the bestselling Jack Reacher novels. With millions of devoted fans across the globe, and over a hundred million copies of his books sold in more than forty languages, he is that rarity, a writer who is lauded by critics and revered by readers. And yet curiously little has been written about the man himself.The Reacher Guy is a compelling and authoritative portrait of the artist as a young man, refracted through the life of his fictional avatar, Jack Reacher. Through parallels drawn between Child and his literary creation, it tells the story of how a boy from Birmingham with a ferocious appetite for reading grew up to become a high-flying TV executive, before coming full circle and establishing himself as the strongest brand in publishing.Heather Martin explores Child's lifelong fascination with America, and shows how the Reacher novels fed and fuelled this obsession, shedding light on the opaque process of publishing a novel along the way. Drawing on her conversations and correspondence with Child over a number of years, as well as interviews with his friends, teachers and colleagues, she forensically pieces together his life, traversing back through the generations to Northern Ireland and County Durham, and following the trajectory of his extraordinary career via New York and Hollywood until the climactic moment when, in 2020, having written a continuous series of twenty-four books, he finally breaks free of his fictional creation.