Tracy [Paperback]

This is a book aimed at girls from 9 to 15 years old by the author of 'Beyond the Veil'. Although it is a novel, it was written by a therpist with the specific intention of helping young people to understand their feelings and communicate effectively about their emotional dilemmas, with a consequent opening up of positive choices in life. Tracy is 12 years olf, spending the summer helping out in a bed and breakfast with an older cousin, Flora. Through the book she comes across some situations which make her feel awkward and which she has difficulty in expressing. I very much liked the safety and reassuring tone of the book, which really helps to explain that children and younger teenagers need to put their feelings into words and discuss them with someone trusted - and that other people have the same sort of feelings. My children both liked this book and found it very easy to read - and it sparked off quite a few interesting conversations --Families Magazine

My children liked this book and found it very easy to read. It sparked off quite a few interesting conversations.

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.

Books from Augur Press seek to help the reader to look behind, beyond and beneath that which is at first apparent.
'Tracy' is a title which helps young people and adults alike.

This book was written predominately for girls aged around 9 to 15, but it is also entirely suitable for the adult reader. Any guidance this book provides arises solely from the story - a story of the practicalities of life and its potentially complex dilemmas that surround many young people.

Mirabelle Maslin was born in Birmingham in 1947, and moved to Bramhall, Cheshire in 1952. She studied agriculture at Reading University, after which she worked in scientific research near Edinburgh until the birth of her three children - two sons and a daughter. Since then she has spent more than twenty years helping people with emotional and relationship problems, together with providing nutritional advice where appropriate. She began writing in 2001 and has completed six books, of which Tracy was the second to be published. The writing of Tracy was specifically requested by a young friend who had recognised the importance of Mirabelle's attitude towards young people and their difficulties - which she demonstrates throughout the story of Tracy.