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Dig Deeper
For Emily Cross, life is perfect. She has a good job, beautiful home, fast car, a wonderful best friend and she is in love with the perfect man who plans to move in with her.
Only when she is passed over for a promotion at work do things start to come off the rails. She finds herself sitting with a therapist once a week to try and curb her anger and keep her existing job, only to find out that maybe her life isn't as perfect as she first thought. She still mourns for her deceased father, her relationship with her mum and step-father is only just about civil and her perfect man comes with a lot of baggage!
As she dares to dig deeper below the surface perfection of her life, she is confronted with some hard decisions and life changing revelations. The perfection is lost. But how deep will Emily have to dig, and how much is she willing to change, for her to feel happy with her life once more?
Only when she is passed over for a promotion at work do things start to come off the rails. She finds herself sitting with a therapist once a week to try and curb her anger and keep her existing job, only to find out that maybe her life isn't as perfect as she first thought. She still mourns for her deceased father, her relationship with her mum and step-father is only just about civil and her perfect man comes with a lot of baggage!
As she dares to dig deeper below the surface perfection of her life, she is confronted with some hard decisions and life changing revelations. The perfection is lost. But how deep will Emily have to dig, and how much is she willing to change, for her to feel happy with her life once more?
337 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2013
18 people want to read
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Sonia Loren
3 books1 followerSonia's Bio
Sonia Loren was born and lives in London, England. She is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with an interest in relational dynamics. She fused her love for her work and her love for writing in her début fictional novel Dig Deeper.
My Story
As a child I loved to read. It began with playing at 'teachers' with my teddy bears. I would come home from school, line them all up on the carpet in the living room and re-enact story time. As I got older I would visit the library as often as I could and remember one of the happiest days of my childhood was getting to the age when I was allowed to take out a larger number of books than they had previously allowed me. I remember walking home with my pile of books; joyous at the number of stories I held in my hands and excited about the worlds I was about to enter through their numerous pages.
That love for reading developed into a love for writing. I was amazed by the idea that someone could put pen to paper and create a whole set of people and situations that I loved to get lost in. I wanted to try it myself to see if I could create a world that others might one day get lost in too. At age 11 I began writing short stories and didn't ever share them until I was about 16 or 17. The joy I got from creating characters and scenarios was enough for me for a while but I always thought 'One day I will write a novel and let others get lost in the world that's in my head!'
I tried writing a novel a couple of times before finally finishing my début book, Dig Deeper. Things kept getting in the way; lost notes, not having had a good storyboard to begin with. Finally, with Dig Deeper, I managed to get the preparations right and completed my first novel! I have now written two; Dig Deeper and Virtual Reality. The third is in progress!
Sonia Loren was born and lives in London, England. She is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with an interest in relational dynamics. She fused her love for her work and her love for writing in her début fictional novel Dig Deeper.
My Story
As a child I loved to read. It began with playing at 'teachers' with my teddy bears. I would come home from school, line them all up on the carpet in the living room and re-enact story time. As I got older I would visit the library as often as I could and remember one of the happiest days of my childhood was getting to the age when I was allowed to take out a larger number of books than they had previously allowed me. I remember walking home with my pile of books; joyous at the number of stories I held in my hands and excited about the worlds I was about to enter through their numerous pages.
That love for reading developed into a love for writing. I was amazed by the idea that someone could put pen to paper and create a whole set of people and situations that I loved to get lost in. I wanted to try it myself to see if I could create a world that others might one day get lost in too. At age 11 I began writing short stories and didn't ever share them until I was about 16 or 17. The joy I got from creating characters and scenarios was enough for me for a while but I always thought 'One day I will write a novel and let others get lost in the world that's in my head!'
I tried writing a novel a couple of times before finally finishing my début book, Dig Deeper. Things kept getting in the way; lost notes, not having had a good storyboard to begin with. Finally, with Dig Deeper, I managed to get the preparations right and completed my first novel! I have now written two; Dig Deeper and Virtual Reality. The third is in progress!
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February 26, 2013
This is a great read, really easy to get into and once I was into it, I couldn't put it down.It features really well rounded characters who are easy to identify with and care about what happens to them.
The main character, Emily appears to have it all, great job, fab friends, hot boyfriend...just what we'd all like. Except, said boyfriend is maybe not the Mr Perfect she thinks he is. We get insights to how Emily is feeling through her sessions with her counsellor. Loren provides humour in what is a difficult subject to brooch, along with characters such as her best friend Gwyneth - who has some cracking one liners and I especially liked Danny, the gym instructor who provided lighter moments. The story kept me guessing to the end as I was swept along with Emily's 'plan'.
Interweaved into the plot as some 'flashback' moments which help the reader to understand Emily more and see how she thinks.
Don't want to give too much of the plot away but I was very satisfied with the ending and it was good to see Emily get her 'ooh' back.
Hope there is more to come from this author, this is a fantastic debut
The main character, Emily appears to have it all, great job, fab friends, hot boyfriend...just what we'd all like. Except, said boyfriend is maybe not the Mr Perfect she thinks he is. We get insights to how Emily is feeling through her sessions with her counsellor. Loren provides humour in what is a difficult subject to brooch, along with characters such as her best friend Gwyneth - who has some cracking one liners and I especially liked Danny, the gym instructor who provided lighter moments. The story kept me guessing to the end as I was swept along with Emily's 'plan'.
Interweaved into the plot as some 'flashback' moments which help the reader to understand Emily more and see how she thinks.
Don't want to give too much of the plot away but I was very satisfied with the ending and it was good to see Emily get her 'ooh' back.
Hope there is more to come from this author, this is a fantastic debut
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February 13, 2016337p For Emily Cross, life is perfect. She has a good job, beautiful home, fast car, a wonderful best friend and she is in love with the perfect man who plans to move in with her.
Only when she is passed over for a promotion at work do things start to come off the rails. She finds herself sitting with a therapist once a week to try and curb her anger and keep her existing job, only to find out that maybe her life isn't as perfect as she first thought. She still mourns for her deceased father, her relationship with her mum and step-father is only just about civil and her perfect man comes with a lot of baggage!
As she dares to dig deeper below the surface perfection of her life, she is confronted with some hard decisions and life changing revelations. The perfection is lost. But how deep will Emily have to dig, and how much is she willing to change, for her to feel happy with her life once more?
Only when she is passed over for a promotion at work do things start to come off the rails. She finds herself sitting with a therapist once a week to try and curb her anger and keep her existing job, only to find out that maybe her life isn't as perfect as she first thought. She still mourns for her deceased father, her relationship with her mum and step-father is only just about civil and her perfect man comes with a lot of baggage!
As she dares to dig deeper below the surface perfection of her life, she is confronted with some hard decisions and life changing revelations. The perfection is lost. But how deep will Emily have to dig, and how much is she willing to change, for her to feel happy with her life once more?
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