Books published by Augur Press

Annette is a mature woman with a wide circle of good friends and an interesting and stimulating job teaching biology at the local college. But something is wrong. She gradually realises that since the departure of her husband-to-be some years previously, she had unconsciously avoided any kind of closeness that might lead to deepening intimacy.Becoming determined to help herself, she creates an imaginary lover to whom she writes with complete freedom and increasing confidence.Through the course of this "correspondence" she reassesses her intimate life of the past, and she moves into a new spontaneity and lightness as her writing begins to reveal more of her true nature. She finds herself responding to the warm friendship of a colleague, a widower...

Tracy is twelve. A change in holiday plans means she spends her summer with her older cousin, Flora. Flora's mother, may, runs a bed and breakfast business. Tracy doesn't know quite what to expect... A kaleidoscope of events and encounters leads Tracy and Flora into new experiences. Unfamiliar feelings and dilemmas abound. The interweaving of relationships with friends, their families and many others, gradually opens up a world of creative possibilities for everyone. This book is suitable for readers of all ages. Although it is a novel, it was written by a therapist with the specific intention of helping people to understand their feelings and communicate effectively about their emotional dilemmas, with a consequent opening up of positive choices in life.