The Lion Mountains

By M L Eaton

Pounding with the vibrancy of African colour and music, occasionally sad, but always engaging, this is a story that captures the heart.
It is 1956. Eight year old Melanie travels to Sierra Leone with her parents.Swiftly enthralled by the primeval power of this beautiful African country and its people, she soon discovers that intrigue and danger lurk beneath its apparently carefree exterior. Understanding with a child's innocence and intuition, Melanie learns of the similarities and links, but, above all, the bonds of friendship that exist between people of different races.

"This is a wonderfully evocative book, which contains such vivid descriptions of the sights, sounds and smells of Sierra Leone in the 1950s that you feel you are there. Seen through a child's eyes, the characters have a charm which is very engaging, although the puzzlement of a child trying to understand the dynamics of adult relationships is touched on. There is also a darkness lurking in the idyllic setting, which brings an air of menace. A very entertaining read, I wholeheartedly recommend this book." Reader's Review

• Language: English
• Publisher: M L Eaton
• Release date: Apr 2, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311208439

M L Eaton

Retired from legal practice and semi-retired from holistic therapy - although she still teaches Reiki and other workshops - Marion lives close to the sea in the beautiful East Sussex countryside with a long-suffering husband, a lazy saluki and an urge to write into the small hours. I’ve wanted to write for as long as I can remember. But Life intervened and I only managed to complete my first novel when I was over sixty. My first career – as a lawyer – began in the nineteen seventies when there were very few women in the legal profession of England and Wales, and the dice tended to be loaded against them! My first small office on Romney Marsh eventually extended until, after a number of changes, amalgamations and growth it evolved into one of the top 100 legal firms in England and Wales. My second career – in complementary health – began in 1994 when I qualified as a professional aromatherapist and also became a Usui Reiki Master Teacher. Over the years I have taught Reiki to hundreds of students. With my husband, also a lawyer, I ran a complementary health clinic in the Old Town of Hastings, East Sussex for several years. All forms of holistic health interest me but it is energy healing, in all its various facets and forms, which I find most fascinating and from which I can never quite retire.

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