The Lion Mountains

The Faraway Lands #2

by M.L. Eaton

It is 1956 in Sierra Leone. Eight year old Melanie is spending several months with her parents while her father completes a civil engineering project. Swiftly enthralled by the primeval power of this beautiful African country, she soon discovers that, beneath its happy and apparently carefree exterior, there lurks danger and fear.
With the innocent eyes and intuition of a young English girl, Melanie learns of the bond of friendship that exist between people of different races.
Pounding with the vibrancy of African colour and music, occasionally sad but always engaging, this is a story that captures the heart.

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 2, 2015

About the author

Retired from legal practice and semi-retired from holistic therapy - although she still teaches Reiki and other workshops - Marion lives close to the sea in the beautiful East Sussex countryside with a long-suffering husband, a lazy saluki and an urge to write into the small hours.

Reviews

[Tania · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a lovely book set in 1956 in Sierra Leone. It tells the story of an eight year old Melanie who is spending a long summer with her parents while her father is completing a civil engineering project. She is enthralled by the primeval power of this beautiful African country and soon discovers that, beneath its happy and apparently carefree exterior, there lurks danger and fear. She hears the local drums, seeing and hearing the singing and dancing of locals.
With the innocent eyes and intuition of a young English girl, Melanie learns of the bond of friendship that exists between people of different races when making friends with the garden boy. She sees how her mother tries to deal with the cook her father has taken on.
Pounding with the vibrancy of African colour and music, occasionally sad but always engaging.
Sierra Leone through the eyes of a child.