Children of Change - Kelly, Carole
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This powerful and immensely nostalgic story centres around Olympic hopeful Chloe, whose promising career as a swimmer is devastatingly shut down at the age of fourteen by a rape and its ensuing pregnancy. Born in unusual circumstances and raised by loving, but strict disciplinarian parents, while still just a child, Chloe faces tragedy born out of ignorance. Growing up in a Catholic environment in a small mining town in the sixties, this damaged child digs deep and rises above her circumstances to become an elite sportswoman, a loving mother and a highly successful businesswoman with an…mehr

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This powerful and immensely nostalgic story centres around Olympic hopeful Chloe, whose promising career as a swimmer is devastatingly shut down at the age of fourteen by a rape and its ensuing pregnancy. Born in unusual circumstances and raised by loving, but strict disciplinarian parents, while still just a child, Chloe faces tragedy born out of ignorance. Growing up in a Catholic environment in a small mining town in the sixties, this damaged child digs deep and rises above her circumstances to become an elite sportswoman, a loving mother and a highly successful businesswoman with an obsession for travel. Chloe garnishes her enormous capacity to cope from her emotionally strong English mother and her huge love of life from her always-supportive Irish father. It will be difficult for you to remain untouched as you travel Chloe's pathway through life, arriving at this strong, determined woman's eventual rise from the ashes of her past. At times you will smile as similar memories are evoked: at times you will cry for the agony of loneliness, pain and bewilderment evident between the pages. Whatever emotions it engenders, perhaps it will lead you sometime, somewhere, down the road less travelled.
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Carole Kelly's bites of fiction dive mercilessly into the gristle of dysfunctional relationships and flawed thinking, while relentlessly pulling you deeper through the dimensions of reality.. before her twists of plot spit you out on the other side. Carole has been writing for most of her life. Her first published work is 'Cerelia', a dystopian post-holocaust fiction, which is included in the anthology 'The Four Season Project', released in 2022. Carole's work has also been in several other anthologies including: 'Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies' (2024) 'Monsterthology 3' (2024) Carole is one of the judges for The Aurealis Awards 2024, in the Horror Short Story category. Before settling in Australia, Carole lived in NZ and the UK. Her early careers have included window dressing, debt collection and working for the civil service in England. Carole first began counselling with The Samaritans in the 1970s. After returning to her country of birth, New Zealand she pursued a career as a complementary therapist focusing on remedial massage, reiki and medical herbalism. In Australia, Carole extended her allied health practice, moving into grief & trauma and relationship counselling, and completed a Master's in Counselling & Applied Psychotherapy. Visit her websites: carolekelly.com.au & blacknosugar.au. Follow her on Facebook: facebook.com.CaroleKellyAuthor