Bøker av Maggie Charters

Based on the author's life, entwined with fictional elements, Kellie's Curse: Sometimes the Safest Place Is Inside a Shell introduces us to Crystal Collie as she struggles with her father's paranoid schizophrenia and her erratic mother's depression. This compelling story is set in Port Melbourne during the 1960s, where the sensitive, creative Crystal tries to come to terms with her bewildering world. Eventually, Crystal uses her wiles and artistic talents to overcome her taunting demons - the painful memories of anorexia, rape, domestic violence, losing her soul-mate in horrific circumstances, and helplessly witnessing her father's suicide attempts. Just when she thought she could cope, a dramatic occurrence leaves Crystal fighting for her life. Will she survive? Will she discover the answers to the dark family mysteries that haunt her? Follow the gripping action and heartfelt drama in Kellie's Curse: Sometimes the Safest Place Is Inside a Shell.Maggie Charters lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she is a high school English and Psychology teacher. She is working on the sequel to Kellie's Curse.

Kellie Earl is a child of the fifties in Melbourne, Australia. She is a successful author but not content with her lot. Jana, her mother, is Russian-born, and Kellie longs to hear of the life she left behind. She wants to know the identity of her father, but the pain is too much for Jana to disclose, as is the truth about Kellie's half-brother. Her mother's wealthy husband, George Spiatis, taunts Kellie. It is perhaps this abusive influence that changes Kellie into Miss Zed, a cold-hearted murderess. In the case of George, the villain becomes the victim, and Kellie feels as if she was practically set up to kill this monster of a man. Lies now become half-truths as imagination protects Kellie from life's harsh reality. You might want to believe her innocent. You might label her "e;too cute"e; to be anything short of charming. Perhaps you will even label her the victim as Kellie travels within the dark walls of Fairlea Women's Prison, where she finds light at the end of her dismal tunnel.