The Broken Line
2nd Edition
Published on 31. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-0-9540117-6-5 (ISBN)
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anita is left rootless and tormented by feelings of guilt after a series of traumatic losses. When a letter is discovered amongst her father's papers, she vows to discover the truth about the Irish grandmother she had thought long dead, but her initial search leads nowhere.
Eleven years later, against the background of a precarious life as an artist in 1980s' London, and the Troubles of Northern Ireland, an unexpected gift finally sets Anita on her quest to unravel family secrets and betrayals. As she uncovers the story of Liza, her maternal grandmother, she comes to understand how unhealed wounds have been passed down through generations of women in her family. A baby stolen at birth, lives torn apart by loss - she must heal the broken line of her maternal lineage.
The author has a gift for making her story telling compelling and empathetic on subjects that can often be painful.
Eleven years later, against the background of a precarious life as an artist in 1980s' London, and the Troubles of Northern Ireland, an unexpected gift finally sets Anita on her quest to unravel family secrets and betrayals. As she uncovers the story of Liza, her maternal grandmother, she comes to understand how unhealed wounds have been passed down through generations of women in her family. A baby stolen at birth, lives torn apart by loss - she must heal the broken line of her maternal lineage.
The author has a gift for making her story telling compelling and empathetic on subjects that can often be painful.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9540117-6-5 (9780954011765)
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Person
Linda Hartley is author of Wisdom of the Body Moving, and works as
a body-oriented therapist, teacher, and trainer. She currently runs training
programmes in Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy in England and Germany,
and a series of workshops and retreats for women - Woman, Body, Earth and
Spirit - which explore the 'deep feminine' through movement, bodywork, and
myth. At home in England, she runs a private practice offering body-oriented
therapy and Authentic Movement to individuals and groups. She is also the author of two novels, Angel Wing and The Broken Line.
a body-oriented therapist, teacher, and trainer. She currently runs training
programmes in Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy in England and Germany,
and a series of workshops and retreats for women - Woman, Body, Earth and
Spirit - which explore the 'deep feminine' through movement, bodywork, and
myth. At home in England, she runs a private practice offering body-oriented
therapy and Authentic Movement to individuals and groups. She is also the author of two novels, Angel Wing and The Broken Line.