Re-Navigation by Sue Parritt
A gloomy seascape
is of little consequence to Julia, as a ferry transports her to an
isolated Welsh island to undertake a Spiritual Development course.
Soon, Julia finds
herself surrounded by new friends and questions. As relationships
deepen, so does Julia’s feeling that something crucial is missing
from her life.
As passion
ignites and deep-buried secrets surface, Julia faces choices that
will forever change the direction of her life. But at what cost?
Originally from England, Sue worked in university libraries until
taking early retirement in 2008 to concentrate on creative writing.
Since then she has written short stories, articles, poetry, a short
TV drama script and six novels:
Sannah and the
Pilgrim, first in a trilogy of a future dystopian Australia
focusing on climate change and the harsh treatment of refugees from
drowned Pacific islands. Odyssey Books, 2014. Commended in the FAW
Christina Stead Award, 2014.
Pia and the
Skyman, Odyssey Books, 2016. Commended in the FAW Christina Stead
Award, 2016.
The Sky Lines
Alliance, Odyssey Books, 2016.
Chrysalis, the
story of a perceptive girl growing up in a Quaker family in swinging
sixties’ Britain. Morning Star Press, 2017
Re-Navigation
recounts a life turned upside down when forty-year old Julia journeys
from the sanctuary of middle-class Australian suburbia to undertake a
retreat at a college located on an isolated Welsh island. Creativia
Publishing, 2019.
Feed Thy
Enemy, based on her father’s experiences, is an account of
courage and compassion in the face of trauma as a British airman
embarks on a plan that risks all to feed a starving, war-stricken
family. Creativia Publishing, 2019.
Sue’s current
project, A Question of Country, is a novel exploring
the migrant experience through the protagonist’s lifelong search
for meaningful identity.
Passionate
about peace and social justice issues, Sue’s goal as a fiction
writer is to continue writing novels that address topics such as
climate change, the effects of war, the treatment of refugees,
feminism and racism. Sue intends to
keep on writing for as long as possible, believing the extensive life
experiences of older writers can be employed to engage readers of all
ages.