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A Shining Space
by Ailsa Fabian
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Pub Date
28 Mar 2014
| Archive Date
25 May 2014
Description
Sarah Eugenie Fabian died suddenly at the age of five, after a fortunate and happy life. This is her biography. It is also the story of Ailsa’s conversion from ignorance and indifference about babies to astonished love and admiration – and the postponement of a career for a period of full-time parenthood.
“I started almost at once to write about her, in the hope that something of the miracle of love and life that she had been for us could be saved from oblivion and shared with others.”
Based on memories recorded whilst the essence of her vibrant self was still vividly present, the story has a unique immediacy, along with the atmosphere, scope and narrative pace of a novel. A Shining Space: A Daughter’s Life will appeal in general to fans of biographies, and will resonate with both young and beareaved parents.
Sarah Eugenie Fabian died suddenly at the age of five, after a fortunate and happy life. This is her biography. It is also the story of Ailsa’s conversion from ignorance and indifference about babies...
Description
Sarah Eugenie Fabian died suddenly at the age of five, after a fortunate and happy life. This is her biography. It is also the story of Ailsa’s conversion from ignorance and indifference about babies to astonished love and admiration – and the postponement of a career for a period of full-time parenthood.
“I started almost at once to write about her, in the hope that something of the miracle of love and life that she had been for us could be saved from oblivion and shared with others.”
Based on memories recorded whilst the essence of her vibrant self was still vividly present, the story has a unique immediacy, along with the atmosphere, scope and narrative pace of a novel. A Shining Space: A Daughter’s Life will appeal in general to fans of biographies, and will resonate with both young and beareaved parents.
A Note From the Publisher
Ailsa Fabian was educated at Melbourne University. She worked in London at social research and as a buyer for her family’s fashion business, before marriage to the sculptor Erwin Fabian and the birth of a daughter, after which she chose to be a full-time mother. When Sarah died, Ailsa turned to writing. She is the author of The Daniel Diary (Grafton, 1988) and The Sarah Journals (Matador, 2011). Ailsa is publishing A Shining Space at the age of 93.
Ailsa Fabian was educated at Melbourne University. She worked in London at social research and as a buyer for her family’s fashion business, before marriage to the sculptor Erwin Fabian and the birth...
A Note From the Publisher
Ailsa Fabian was educated at Melbourne University. She worked in London at social research and as a buyer for her family’s fashion business, before marriage to the sculptor Erwin Fabian and the birth of a daughter, after which she chose to be a full-time mother. When Sarah died, Ailsa turned to writing. She is the author of The Daniel Diary (Grafton, 1988) and The Sarah Journals (Matador, 2011). Ailsa is publishing A Shining Space at the age of 93.
Advance Praise
Praise for Ailsa’s first book, The Daniel Diary:
“I feel that no-one who begins this book will be able to put it down until the very last word, and no-one who puts it down will ever forget it... It is a book for everyone” Alan Sillitoe
And for The Sarah Journals:
“Written with an unflinching immediacy and honesty” Anne Charvet, former Editor at Grafton Books
“These words and thoughts carry a great strength and power that will long be remembered by any reader”
The Self Publishing Magazine
Praise for Ailsa’s first book, The Daniel Diary:
“I feel that no-one who begins this book will be able to put it down until the very last word, and no-one who puts it down will ever forget it... It is...
Advance Praise
Praise for Ailsa’s first book, The Daniel Diary:
“I feel that no-one who begins this book will be able to put it down until the very last word, and no-one who puts it down will ever forget it... It is a book for everyone” Alan Sillitoe
And for The Sarah Journals:
“Written with an unflinching immediacy and honesty” Anne Charvet, former Editor at Grafton Books
“These words and thoughts carry a great strength and power that will long be remembered by any reader”
The Self Publishing Magazine
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9781783067879 |
| PRICE |
£3.99 (GBP)
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Ebook |
| ISBN |
9781783067879 |
| PRICE |
£3.99 (GBP)
|
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