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What's the Matter with Maria?: Becoming Maria, #1
What's the Matter with Maria?: Becoming Maria, #1
What's the Matter with Maria?: Becoming Maria, #1
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What's the Matter with Maria?: Becoming Maria, #1

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The novel won the title "Book of the Month" February 2020 at MagicBeans Bookstore:

"When author Mona Kristensen entered her book we just had to share it!

It was so beautifully written and spoke to an adolescent audience that is learning about the greatest LOVE of all...the love they have for themselves."
- www.magicbeansbookstore.com

 

Sometimes, what we fear most

turn out a gateway to our true self

~

Meet Maria: a sensitive and spirited little girl living in the harbor town Ferrysville on Matter Island. Here, she discovers the world from her hideaway in a beloved apple tree, watchfully studying the humble setting, inhabited by hard-working fishermen and farmers: a down-to-earth and jovial people praising practicality and prudence.

One summer, some city folks move to the village: vibrant single mother Helen, a small boy Jay and his pre-teen sister. Maria and Jay fast become best friends. As good as inseparable, the two of them form an affectionate alliance of profound depth.

Alas, the newcomers unexpectedly leave. During a disturbing incident shortly after her loss, the imaginative girl encounters a new friend and ally named Ray.

- the boy is precocious and softhearted like Jay, yet strangely elusive...

In this timeless tale, we follow our jumpy but resourceful heroine's rocky journey through her childhood years. Join the intuitive introvert as she grapples with family life and school troubles, haunting night terrors, belittling and bullying, lightened by tiny glimmers of magic.

All the while and always she wonders: will my first love ever return?

 

The author's voice is childlike and tender, the narrative warm, deep and thoughtful: an enjoyable read for sensitive souls of all ages!

 

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 10, 2019
ISBN9788797103319
What's the Matter with Maria?: Becoming Maria, #1
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Mona Kristensen

Mona Kristensen is a highly sensitive and intuitive author/artist from Denmark with a love of nature and a passion for spirituality and depth psychology. She has a keen eye for the mystery of life; the subtle ways in which Spirit speaks to us. Mona is devoted to healing the ”inner child”: that pure, spontaneous, expressive and creative energy within, which sadly often ends up inhibited or wounded. Through her words, she hopes to mend a bit of this unfortunate damage.

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