The Fruit of the Tree

by Jacquelynn Luben

'A tribute to her lost baby, and our crusade to find out why.' -The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths

In Jacquelynn Luben's quest to have a family, she suffers the disappointment of miscarriage and the tragedy of cot death. Set against an unusual background of family life, with a sprinkling of amusing and eccentric events, she describes the trauma of loss and then, the delight of another daughter.

The Fruit of the Tree is essential reading for bereaved parents, but anyone who has successfully brought up a child will identify with the feelings expressed in this moving book.

114 pages, ebook

First published May 21, 1992

About the author

Jacquelynn Luben lives in England, in the house which she and her husband built, in a pretty village in rural Surrey, which she describes in her autobiography, The Fruit of the Tree. Her son and daughter have now fled the nest. She is the author of two non-fiction books, many short stories, articles, poetry and two novels and a children's book, published 2017.

She has written for various magazines, and also gives occasional talks to Surrey groups on self-publishing and publicity. Her story, Damaged Goods, was broadcast on Radio Southern Counties and is now, despite being extremely short, a popular ebook, published by www.untreedreads.com, who have published a number of her stories on line. Many of her other short stories have met with success - at the Guildford Book Festival, locally - and at competitions throughout the UK.

Jacquelynn’s first longer work of fiction, A Bottle of Plonk was published in the UK by Goldenford Publishers, and is now available as an e-book, as is her novel, Tainted Tree. This was placed second in the Winchester Writers' Conference novel competition, 2007, prior to publication by Goldenford Publishers, and was featured in Family Tree Magazine in December 2009.

For her degree in 2002, she wrote a dissertation on 'Harry Potter and other children's books', and subsequently brought out What Grandpa did next, for children of around 4 - 6. This is beautifully illustrated by Silvia Cabello. Jacquelynn is currently working on a sequel to her third novel, Innocent Bystanders - a crime story, which has received excellent reviews.

She was invited to give readings of her books in Germany, in June 2009, and has also given talks in libraries and to reading groups and writers' groups in Surrey.