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Family of the Ashram

I have just released his debut novel – Family of The Ashram. In my earlier years I spent periods of time both living communally and also in Ireland both in tepees and in other alternative communities' I wanted to write about the joy, freedom and love it can bring to life and also the problems when the society around you do not necessarily understand you and what you are trying to achieve.

One reviewer said:
'It’s such a beautiful read and can help open up your eyes to real love. it made me think about my own life and how I live. Couldn’t stop reading this! Full of love, inspiration and hilarious moments mixed into a beautiful story.'

It is a challenging and thought-provoking novel which follows the birth and growth of the Ashram family and the challenges they face when the establishment around them does not understand them. It also challenges us to look at the way we live and accept others.

Below is the synopsis of the book:

A bunch of hippies with no morals who practice polygamy and are unfit to care for their children or a loving, caring, wholesome community with the children’s welfare at heart?

Born to new age travelers and ferried around Europe as a child, Bertie longed for an ordinary family. Having been taken into care when his parents were arrested for drug smuggling, Bertie joined forces, both mentally and physically, with the two girls at his foster home. Once discovered they need to get out and fast if the relationship is to survive. Moving to a commune does not work out for them and so they flee again. With their newly found followers they move on to Ireland where the Ashram is born.
The whole family settle in and live their lives the way they wish, as one family who share everything including each other. However, some in society are not happy with the way this family lives. It seems immoral to them and is against everything they believe in. It is no family in their eyes, it is evil. So, when the family decide to have 10 children between them, all born at the same time and start to bring them up in a free and open way, those in the establishment decide the family must be destroyed.
And so, the fight begins.

I would love to hear what you think.

Thanks, Mark

Hi All, The Kindle addition of me book is available free on Amazon for the next five days. Please download, read and let me know what you think. Thanks Mark
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09PP7XKM...