Angels of Mazawi

By Write-a-Book-in-a-Day

She was a beautiful orphaned refugee from western Africa.

He was a gangly country boy from the wheatbelt.

This is a story of how their worlds collided.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Write-a-Book-in-a-Day
• Release date: Apr 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465983619

Write-a-Book-in-a-Day

Hospital Books is a collection of books by The Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre to stimulate writing, to write children's books for children's hospital libraries.

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Angels of Mazawi

By

Leigh Abercromby

Kerry Bastian

Joanna Capelle

Ngaire Goodwin

Marg Oakeley

Lee Perks

Beth Sawers

Lindy Stirling

Illustrations by Joanna Capelle

Angels of Malawi

by

Leigh Abercromby; Kerry Bastian; Joanna Capelle; Ngaire Goodwin; Marg Oakeley; Lee Perks; Beth Sawers; Lindy Stirling

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About this Work

Angels of Malawi is a collaborative work by:

Leigh Abercromby; Kerry Bastian; Joanna Capelle; Ngaire Goodwin; Marg Oakeley; Lee Perks; Beth Sawers; Lindy Stirling, all members of the Yart Class. It is a product of the KSP’s annual Write-A-Book-In-A-Day Competition, designed to benefit Children’s Hospitals in Australia, wherein the authors were presented with:

Two primary characters

A non-human character

A setting

An issue

They were then given one day in which to write a short book using all of those elements.

Contents

Chapter 1 Connection

Chapter 2 Beginning

Chapter 3 Abandon

Chapter 4 Eye Witness

Chapter 5 Flight

Chapter 6 Refuge

Chapter 7 News Flash

Chapter 8 Final Connection

Connection

18th September 2009

Dearest friend

If life were so simple, I would be on the plane and in your arms within days.

We would work alongside each other and we would confront our/my demons together.

We would live life with love, much laughter and a strong, unbreakable connection.

Life is not that simple.

I cannot come to you yet.

I cannot leave my work here.

I am not ready to confront my past.

Yet – I love you dearly.

Yours

XXX

Beginning

Mazawi stepped into the passageway of the Perth International Airport. She felt emotional and physical exhaustion swept through her body from her long journey from the west coast of Africa. She hurried, almost ran on, to the carousel to collect her small black bag.

Her