The Author
Holly Brough is from the state of Utah in the U.S. She’s married and has devoted most of her married life to her husband and three children. I can’t help but wonder how her life would have turned out had she not been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of nineteen; would she have gone down the theatrical path of dance, acting and singing, something she had set her heart on. I can only image Holly herself wondering how her life would have been very different, had it not been for a cruel twist of faith, that took that dream away from her.
Despite some life changing events that have restricted, but not destabilized her life, the one thing that has steadfastly been at the backbone of who she is, is her faith in God, he has been the glue that has guided her through both the good and challenging times in her life, and that is something she is truly grateful for. Is he responsible for her turning not only to writing but painting as well, in her eyes probably so, for the past six years Holly has found water colour painting extremely therapeutic and exhilarating.
Living with dyslexia, the prospect of writing a book somewhat daunted Holly and considering she didn’t really appreciate the enjoyment of reading until the birth of her first child, you start to get a sense of what an achievement writing this book means to Holly, and we can only hope that she continues to write with such voracity and vigour as more books roll off the conveyor belt. The one thing that sticks in her memory with regards to her literary skills, is what her scripture tutor told her, and that was to read the scriptures every day, by doing so she would overcome her limitations both in reading and comprehension. All I can say is that Holly must have swallowed the whole bible to write a book of this depth and intrigue.
Let’s hope for more books, but on the note of books let’s turn our attention to this one.
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The Book
Forty-three chapters of highly imaginative storytelling, told through creative well-written prose awaits you all here. If I was a literary award scheme, this book would be rated ‘Gold star Plus,’ in the category ‘New Author Must Read.’
The story revolves around Amalia and is set in nineteenth century Spain. As a young Fifteen-year-old Amalia’s life takes a different course put her past cannot be eradicated. What of that past! well that’s a journey well worth exploring in the book. However, her future is equally precarious, Spanish patriarchal society, abusive controlling nobility, limiting choices, Royal frolicking’s, pregnancies followed by abandonment, and escaping for safety, only to be deceived into another layer of entrapment by a male dominated society whose cold-hearted approach leads to prostitution for survival. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel, but at what price?
Want to know more? Well, I’m not going to divulge anything that will spoil your intrigue as to the very essence of what this magnificent plot reveals about Amalia and her life back then. You’ll have to buy and read the book to find out. Enjoy I did.
Social Media Sites
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Awards
American Writing Awards for animals and pets, general.
The New York Book Festival for Spiritual/religious.
Readers’ Choice Book Awards for best book for adults.
Bookfest Book awards, Literary- journey/adventure.
Firebird Books awards, Literary Fiction.
Pencraft Book awards, Cultural Fiction
Indies Today awards, religious/inspirational.
Literary Titan book award, for religion Fiction
Podcast info
This podcast is available to listen to on all major podcast platforms search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley. The video is available on YouTube search Talking Books hosted by J T Crowley, and now on Roku and Amazon Fire Stick streaming devices. Download the Experts and Authors app on your Roku or Amazon Firestick device or visit: www.Expertsandauthors.tv online and click TALKING BOOKS.
Thank you, Holly for giving me the wonderful opportunity to chat to you about your book ‘The Name I choose.’