Family of the Ashram

by Mark Hatt

A bunch of hippies with no morals who practise polygamy and are unfit to care for their children. Or a loving, caring, wholesome community with the children’s welfare at heart?

Born to new age travellers and ferried around Europe as a child, Bertie longed for an ordinary family. Having been taken into care when his parents were arrested for drug smuggling, Bertie joined forces, both mentally and physically, with the two girls at his foster home. Once discovered they need to get out and fast if the relationship is to survive. Moving to a commune does not work out for them and so they flee again. With their newly found followers they move on to Ireland where the Ashram is born.
The whole family settle in and live their lives the way they wish, as one family who share everything including each other. However, some in society are not happy with the way this family lives. It seems immoral to them and is against everything they believe in. It is no family in their eyes, it is evil. So, when the family decide to have 10 children between them all born at the same time and start to bring them up in a free and open way, those in the establishment decide the family must be destroyed.

And so, the fight begins.

352 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 5, 2022

About the author

Born in 1966, poorly educated by the English system, doomed by many as a waster, life was always going to be a challenge.

"Not being able to read or write to any standard at school leaving age was never going to stop me being me.
This book shows that having faith in yourself does work. I doubt any of the teachers at the school I went to could imagine that any of the pupils of that shite hole could achieve anything.
The belief that you are better than you are told you are, is enough reason to push, push and push some more.
If you feel you want to write, then write.
I wish I had written this years ago, what a wonderful thing to have in your life."

Mark is also a Blacksmith and for many years carried out both traditional and artistic work for clients. He now mainly blacksmiths as a hobby.

He is also a Senior Support Engineer in theatre and has worked not only in London’s West End theatres but all over the world, from America to Japan, from Dubai to Australia and just about every other country you can think of.

He now lives in Shropshire with his wife and beloved dog Campbell.
mark.hatt1@outlook.com