Mom s Favorite Reads Author SheenaMacLeod

Mom’s Favorite Reads Author

Sheena Macleod

Sheena Macleod lives in a seaside town in Scotland. She gained a PhD at the University of Dundee, where she lectured in mental health nursing. When, she was diagnosed with lupus, an auto-immune disorder, she retired from her lecturer post. After leaving teaching, Sheena combined her love of history with her passion for research and turned to novel writing. She has written a number of short stories and poems. Reign of the Marionettes is her first published historical fiction novel. So, You Say I Can’t Vote!: Frances Connelly: The Workingclass Woman’s Route to the Vote, a non-fiction book, was co-written with journalist, Laura Linham.

Sheena is the Club Development Officer for the Scottish Association of Writers. She was involved in the development and publication of four charity short story anthologies by the One Million Project (OMP). The OMP comprises a group of over 150 authors and artists who contribute some of their work in an effort to raise money for homelessness and Cancer Research UK. She is currently working on Tears of Strathnaver a Scottish novel set against the background of the Highland Clearances. She is an avid reader and beta reader. Follow Sheena on- Website https://www.sheenas-books.co.uk Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/ reignofthemarionettes Blogs –http://reignofthemarionettes.wordpress.com Twitter- Dr Sheena Macleod @cathro1 Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/ show/16250614.Sheena_Macleod Moms Favorite Reads https://moms-favorite-reads.com/momsauthors/sheena-macleod/

Reign of the Marionettes. Historical Fiction. 17th Century England

Mass hysteria sweeps through the country with deadly consequences.

Beneath the wit and laughter of Charles II’s Restoration Court, political and religious tensions mount, and Countess Elizabeth Herbert tries to keep her family safe. When a minister begging on the streets, claims to have uncovered a plot to kill the King and replace him with his Catholic heir, no one is safe from accusation. When suspicion falls on her husband, Elizabeth’s life is thrown into turmoil.

As a tangled web of lies and deceit unfolds, Elizabeth realises her husband is a pawn in a much larger game. Caught up in the mass hysteria sweeping the country she’s forced to fight back to stop his execution for high treason. But, how can a woman take on the most powerful men in England? Set at a time of religious and political turmoil, when the fate of English rule is at stake, and it’s impossible to know who to trust ‘Reign of the Marionettes’ brims with historical detail and intrigue. “She reaches into the hearts of people I could never have known, and makes me love them.” -Amazon Reader Women were granted the legal right to vote in Parliamentary elections in the UK in 1918. This right, however, extended only to property-owning, renting or university educated women over the age of thirty. Seven years before this, Frances Connelly, a working woman walked past suffragists protesting outside the polling station in Yeovil, England, to cast her vote in an election. Her vote, and others like it, helped to keep the question in people’s minds — If one woman can vote, why not all? Frances Connelly’s name is now largely unknown or forgotten. Her story is told here within the context of other women who voted in England before 1918, the struggles and complexities of the times in which these people lived and the contributions made by working-class women to women’s suffrage.

Reign of the Marionettes is published by Dark Ink Press and is available on Amazon. https://bookgoodies.com/a/B01NASZF6G

So, You Say I Can’t Vote!: Frances Connelly: The working-class woman’s route to the vote (with Laura Linham) – Nonfiction. “A fascinating read. A story of a woman standing up for what is right. A Rosa Parks of her day so to speak. Beautifully written.” Amazon reader So, You Say I Can’t Vote!: Frances Connelly: The working-class woman’s route to the vote is published by OMP Publishing and is available on Amazon

The Woods

by Stan Phillips

Up beyond Stoke Woods He made his home, the old tramp. Safe, away from town. And, beneath the trees, Spent his time with the foxes, The birds, and squirrels. And sometimes, I heard Him sing at twilight, his voice Crooning on the air. He didn't speak to me, Intruding into Eden. Just smiled, and sang on. That man of the trees With his songs and his mystery. Oneness with the trees.

Stan Phillips is an 80 year old poet, musical podcast maker, part-time wannabe male model, and occasional stand up comedian. “I used to be a psychotherapist/counsellor when I had an honest job. I was born into prewar London, and attended 17 schools (my father believed they couldn’t hit a moving target) and I eventually finished up here in Ireland. Still wondering what I will be when I grow up — but enjoying writing my quirky poetry as I do so.”

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