{"id":8029,"date":"2022-11-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.logikalsolutions.com\/wordpress\/?p=5761"},"modified":"2022-11-15T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T12:00:00","slug":"island-of-dreams-by-harry-duffin-historical-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interestingauthors.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/island-of-dreams-by-harry-duffin-historical-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Island of Dreams by Harry Duffin – Historical Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Historical Fiction<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/b><\/span> December 1, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/b>\u00a0 Cumulus Publishing<\/span><\/p>\n

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In May 1939, when Professor Carl Mueller, his wife, Esther, and their three
\nchildren flee Nazi Germany, and find refuge on the paradise island of Cuba,
\nthey are all full of hopes and dreams for a safe and happy future.<\/span><\/p>\n

But those dreams are shattered when Carl and Esther are confronted by a
\nghost from their past, and old betrayals return to haunt them.<\/span><\/p>\n

The turbulent years of political corruption leading to Batista\u2019s
\ndictatorship, forces the older children to take very different paths to
\npursue their own dangerous dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n

And – among the chaos and the conflict that finally leads to Castro\u2019s
\nrevolution and victory in 1959, an unlikely love begins to grow – a love
\nthat threatens the whole family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having escaped a war-torn Europe, their Island of Dreams is to tear them
\napart forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The deck was already full of passengers, mostly standing in silence. Like Anna, taking their last look at the island. She found a space at the rail facing the shore, as the rising sun turned the grand buildings of the Presidential Plaza to gold.<\/p>\n

The ship was divided between wailing and deep silence. Somewhere Anna could hear a rhythmic chant \u2013<\/p>\n

\u2018We cannot sail. We must not die -\u2019<\/p>\n

Anna choked back tears. How she longed to set foot on the island. To walk under the palms, to be lost in the bustle, the sounds, the music of these vibrant people. She stood silently, the tears hot on her cheeks.\u00a0 She looked past the line of police boats to the shore and remembered her first sight of the island. It had looked so welcoming, so free. She could make out the line of tall palm trees beyond the harbour, their long fronds waving in the gentle breeze. She had never stood beneath a palm tree. Were there coconuts clustered at the top? She\u2019d never know, now.<\/p>\n

\u2018We cannot sail. We must not die -\u2019 \u00a0\u00a0continued the chant.<\/p>\n

But they were to sail. Were they also to die?<\/p>\n

The ship\u2019s klaxon startled them all. A long, mournful moan. A deeper silence followed the deafening noise. Then the panic and the prayers rose again, louder, from deep inside the ship. Suddenly, the note of the engines changed, higher, louder, more insistent. Anna knew it couldn\u2019t be long now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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About the Author<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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I am an award-winning British screenwriter, who was on the first writing
\nteam of the BBC\u2019s EASTENDERS, and won the Writers\u2019 Guild Award
\nfor Best TV serial for CORONATION STREET. I was Head of Development at Cloud
\n9 Screen Entertainment Group, producing seven major television series,
\nincluding \u2018Swiss Family Robinson\u2019 starring Richard \u2018John
\nBoy\u2019 Thomas, and \u2018Twist in the Tale\u2019, featuring William
\nShatner. I was co-creator of the UK Channel Five teen-cult drama series
\n\u2018THE TRIBE\u2019, which ran for five series.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have written three novels, CHICAGO MAY, BIRTH OF THE MALL RATS [an intro
\nto the TV series THE TRIBE], and ISLAND OF DREAMS which will be published in
\nDecember 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

CHICAGO MAY is the first book of a two-part series.<\/span><\/p>\n

www.harryduffin.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n

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