The latest book by Cheshire author Tanya Ravenswater is out this month.
Simply entitled Jacques, it is perfect for readers who are looking to find a beautifully written book that tells a story of loss, longing, love and finding a place to call home.
This book tells the story of Jacques Lafitte, a young French boy who is orphaned and torn away from everything he knows. Forced to move to England to live with his guardian – the proud and distant Oliver Clark – Jacques find himself alone in a strange country and a strange world.
As years go by, Jacques becomes part of the Clark family and learns to love life again. But then his feelings for Rebecca – Oliver’s daughter – become stronger. And this development has the power to bring them together or tear the whole family apart.
Jacques is a moving and unique coming-of-age story about one boy’s struggle to find his place in the world.
Author Tanya Ravenswater was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. She first graduated in modern languages from St Andrew’s University. She has worked as a nurse in bereavement support and counselling education. With a love of words since childhood, inspired by nature and fascinated by the diversity of inner worlds and relationships, Tanya writes fiction and poetry for adults and children.
She has published a collection of short stories for women, and has also been short-listed and published in the Cheshire Prize anthologies. Her children’s poem, Badger, was the winner of the 2014-15 Cheshire Prize for Literature.
