Sunrises

by Paul Marriner

... moving and thought provoking ...A story of a family learning how to love, lose, mourn and, ultimately, find peace.When Anthony and Christine’s daughter dies the void is unimaginable and unbearable. Grief is driving their family apart and they struggle to find peace. Mark, their son, is growing to manhood not sure of his place and seeking his own way forward.Big questions have no answers and important truths hide hard lessons.

450 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 9, 2015

About the author

Paul grew up in a west London suburb and now lives in Berkshire. Married with two children, he is passionate about music, sport and, most of all, writing, on which he now concentrates full-time. Paul has written six novels and a collection of short stories and his primary literary ambition is that you enjoy reading them while he is hard at work on the next one (but still finding time to play drums).

Reviews

[Peter Thomson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sunrises is a work of literature. The author tells us that the work began as a collection of short stories that he assembled into a novel. There is a residual lack of cohesion between a number of the stories in that they do not follow a lateral sequence in the flow of the storyline and appears to leave plot-holes. But not so, the arrangement is masterful. An underlying theme in the apparent incohesion between the stories is the natural consequence of the deep disruption to a family and its members caused by the tragic loss of a loved family member. The characters live their lives under the effects of this loss – as in real life. The result of this never-ending loss on the characters results often in their illogical acts and decisions. The author takes the reader through various levels of a full range of human emotions, cleverly penned with a precision in language that introduces the correct word as one the reader might meet for the first time. Paul Marriner possesses a considerable writing talent. This might not be the book for everybody, but is certainly the read for those who enjoy being taken through the range of human emotions from ecstatic joys to deeper despairs. Highly recommended.