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Brenda Vicars

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Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Young Adult

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Brenda Vicars is mesmerized by the way long-forgotten ancestors influence our lives. She believes transgenerational trauma is a hidden river that runs through past generations and bubbles up into the present. This concept inspired her new novel, Echoes of Our Ancestors, published by Bloodhound Books, Cambridge, UK, July 2024.

She started composing poems and stories as soon as she learned to read, but most of her career was spent helping others write. She taught levels from middle school through college, including college English to inmates inside a Texas prison.

Her debut novel, Polarity in Motion, published in 2014 by Red Adept Publishing, topped Amazon charts. She says this book was inspired by the reality that the playing field is not le ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 844 ratings · 295 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Polarity in Motion 3.88 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes of Our Ancestors 3.91 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tangled Lights and Silent Nights: A Holiday Anthology by Kelly Stone Gamble (Goodreads Author), Brenda Vicars (Goodreads Author), Kate Birdsall (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 25 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Brenda Vicars and 4 other people liked Bookaholic__Reviews's review of Echoes of Our Ancestors: "Honestly ...what a book! When I first started it did take me time to get into the story, but once I got to the manuscripts I dreaded putting it down. Historical fiction isn't a genre that I read often. Unfortunately with that genre I often struggle t" Read more of this review »
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The Hollow Man has BOTH fast pacing and deep characterization occurring within vividly cinematic scenes. The author’s descriptions left me feeling as though I were in the scenes with Doc, especially the intriguing moments with his dream-ghost-girl. Do ...more
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Yesterday I finished listening to the Audible version, and I have the urge to start back at the beginning and hear it again. Before experiencing Uvi Poznansky’s The David Chronicles, I had basic knowledge of David, the Old Testament shepherd turned k ...more
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THE LOVE WE CHASE is the third book I’ve read by Alison Irving. All three of her books dive deeply into relationships. So, I’m not surprised that her newest book is a beautiful, moving story. The novel opens with a juicy love triangle that promises a ...more
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Laurel Nightingale is my new favorite sleuth! The mystery in A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME is layered and nuanced, and all the twists are made palpable by the relatable main character who finds herself compelled to push into an investigation that the police ...more
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Brenda Vicars and 1 other person liked Crystal Jones's review of Echoes of Our Ancestors: "Another amazing ARC read from Bloodhound Books. I absolutely loved this book. The way it flowed between past & present. The writing style kept me engaged & the way it shows that no matter how far generational trauma flows through the blood in your ve" Read more of this review »
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“Mom knows that BPD can cause her to see people as perfect or evil. She named me Polarity, spanning positive and negative, to remind her that I'm not one or the other.” ... “She wanted to be sure that she never judged me the way that borderlines tend to do.”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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“ Even though the aquarium divider is gone, the mollies act as if the barrier is still there. Are we like mollies, stuck in the world we’re used to? ”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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“Visible barriers unseen by choice,
Trip and trap innocents who have no voice.
Why choose not to see clear inequity?”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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“We, the privileged majority, talk about equality until it comes to our family having to give up something”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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“Ethan put his hands on either side of my face and looked into my eyes. “Are you okay?”
“Yes, I am.”
“What are you thinking?” he asked as he lowered his hands from my face.
“The truth was there all along, and I didn’t see it.”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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“Visible barriers unseen by choice,
Trip and trap innocents who have no voice.
Why choose not to see clear inequity?”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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“I tore the curtain down and roared, “I see inequity.”
But countless veils, shifting and sheer, deftly blinded me.
So I, pumped with pride, still failed to see the way I see.
Veils, unseen and unnamed,
Will unremoved remain.”
― Brenda Vicars, Polarity in Motion

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