Bailie Lawson's Blog - Posts Tagged "secrets"
Poisoned Relationships
Simmering resentment, unexpressed anger, feeling trapped, all lead to toxicity in relationships. What attempts are made to adapt and to protect the self against hurtful words and actions of the partner. How does this affect how they act and how others perceive them?
How is the couple perceived by others? What judgments are made? How is the reality different from those perceptions and judgments?
These were questions I wanted to explore in my book FANFARE.
There are several couples in FANFARE. Some appear “eccentric” at the beginning of the book. As the story unfolds, secrets they hide from the world and from each other are unveiled. Resentment and feeling betrayed lead to destructive actions.
There is a toxicity to relationships that becomes apparent even as the toxic substance used in the murder is uncovered.
How is the couple perceived by others? What judgments are made? How is the reality different from those perceptions and judgments?
These were questions I wanted to explore in my book FANFARE.
There are several couples in FANFARE. Some appear “eccentric” at the beginning of the book. As the story unfolds, secrets they hide from the world and from each other are unveiled. Resentment and feeling betrayed lead to destructive actions.
There is a toxicity to relationships that becomes apparent even as the toxic substance used in the murder is uncovered.
Excavating the Past
Buried secrets are fascinating -why they are buried and why they are secrets. As time passes, the lies we tell ourselves to hide the secrets become our new reality.
What happens when those old secrets are unearthed? Is it as dangerous as we feared, to face the truth? Will we be hated, hurt?
Those are the questions that interested me as I wrote my book, which I eventually decided to name WELL-TRAVELLED ANCIENT ARTIFACTS. This title is a little joke that should become apparent if you read the book.
As Sean discovers what may be very old small statues on an archeological dig in Eastern Europe he unwittingly starts an investigation that uncovers old secrets in people's lives.
Lia and Sean, a young Irish couple, are trying to get their careers and marriage started when they are drawn into odd political maneuverings and mysterious discoveries in a small Eastern European country. Sean is working with a team of archeologists, headed by a well-respected but strangely disinterested archeologist. He was pleased to be hired to work on the dig, feeling it will help him gain valuable experience. He is unprepared for the ethically troubling requests made by his boss and intrigued by the mysterious Edgar Wallace who befriends him and Lia. Edgar’s mother, Marina, has lived a sheltered life since leaving her native country, which was once part of the Soviet Bloc. But after her husband dies leaving puzzling questions unanswered she examines her former beliefs. She is inspired by Lia, who she sees as a strong modern young woman, and enlists her help as she takes the first steps towards empowering herself.
What happens when those old secrets are unearthed? Is it as dangerous as we feared, to face the truth? Will we be hated, hurt?
Those are the questions that interested me as I wrote my book, which I eventually decided to name WELL-TRAVELLED ANCIENT ARTIFACTS. This title is a little joke that should become apparent if you read the book.
As Sean discovers what may be very old small statues on an archeological dig in Eastern Europe he unwittingly starts an investigation that uncovers old secrets in people's lives.
Lia and Sean, a young Irish couple, are trying to get their careers and marriage started when they are drawn into odd political maneuverings and mysterious discoveries in a small Eastern European country. Sean is working with a team of archeologists, headed by a well-respected but strangely disinterested archeologist. He was pleased to be hired to work on the dig, feeling it will help him gain valuable experience. He is unprepared for the ethically troubling requests made by his boss and intrigued by the mysterious Edgar Wallace who befriends him and Lia. Edgar’s mother, Marina, has lived a sheltered life since leaving her native country, which was once part of the Soviet Bloc. But after her husband dies leaving puzzling questions unanswered she examines her former beliefs. She is inspired by Lia, who she sees as a strong modern young woman, and enlists her help as she takes the first steps towards empowering herself.
