Novel publisher is AG Press, USA. I am extremely thankful to Ms. Cheryl Pillsbury, who is sponsoring this book, and Mr. Grover Pillsbury, Jr. who believes in my work. This is a novel for children and young teenagers, aged 12 or older.
The novel’s action is situated in the town Velika Gorica, Croatia, and its surroundings.
The story tells of life inside an ordinary family, about sisterly love and its strange aspects, about adolescents facing unexpected problems and having to start taking important decisions. And, of course, about first love.
Originally written in English, the novel is presently being translated to Croatian as well. Editor is Grover Pillsbury, Jr. Cover design by Carlos J. Claudio.
The book contains seven stories connected/linked by the same main character - Kamen Tvrtko - a flint stone with the name Tvrtko which lived in the lake and by chance was excavated by a dredge. On the way he tried to run away from the truck. There he met his first new friend - it was a snail. This was just the beginning of his great adventure. Book contains amazing color illustrations of Croatian book illustrator Veronika Prvonozec, as well as the paintings of primary school children.
Backcover Description: This is a novel for children and youth, published by POU Velika Gorica, Library "Albatros". The main characters are twelve year old Luna, the daughter of divorced parents who lives with her mother; Linda, whose mother is a hairdresser and whose father is an archaeologist but also a frequent guest to a mental hospital; Tin, whose parents were killed in a car accident and lives with his adopting family in Velika Gorica. The story is a fiction about the main characters' life, adventures and misadventures. The action is placed in Velika Gorica and surroundings: Stjepan Radić Square , street Nuts Croatian, Kolodvorska, Chiiche lake, the shopping mall, Scitarjevo, Okuje and Turopoljski lug. Editor of the book is Drago Bukovec. Covers designer is Mato Lovric. Hard covers. 160 Pages.
Backcover Description: Born in 1953, Sonja Smolec is a well known author of children books, giving numerous presentations and readings around her native country – Croatia. She is widely acclaimed and appreciated by local schools and libraries for her public appearances and contacts with children. Sonja is also a member of several local organizations supporting art in all its forms as well as a member of the Croatian Society of Writers for Children and Youth. Being a prolific author and trying to reach a wider audience, she tries her hand in a variety of styles - poetry, mystery novels, and English poetry.
"White lilac love" is a collection of 73 poems. Within these pages, this truly gifted writer and poet waves a beautiful and tender tale of true love. The reader will progress through all of emotions: love, hate, soaring happiness and crushing despair, culminating in the happiest union of two who indeed find true love. True love never grows old. Frankly, I was captivated by it and could not put it down. The emotions I experienced while reading through her poems were so intense as to arouse a younger person to romance.
Bible scholars will compare this fine work favorably with Song of Solomon, which he wrote to express his love story with the Queen of Sheba.
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