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    A Grave above Ground: A Beggar's Tale
    A Grave above Ground: A Beggar's Tale
    A Grave above Ground: A Beggar's Tale
    Audiobook10 hours

    A Grave above Ground: A Beggar's Tale

    Written by Diana Hutton

    Narrated by Diana Hutton

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    • Immigration

    • Mental Health

    • Survival

    • Loneliness

    • Family Relationships

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Rags to Riches

    • Journey of Self-Discovery

    • Struggle for Survival

    • Lost Child

    • Lost Love

    • Escape

    • Prodigal Daughter

    • Immigrant Experience

    • Oppressed Protagonist

    • Self-Discovery

    • Past Trauma

    • Personal Growth

    • Betrayal

    • Mother-Daughter Relationship

    About this audiobook

    An unwanted pregnancy leads a bright young woman into a life she could never have imagined. Unique, sad and sometimes darkly humorous, “A Grave above Ground” is a beggar's tale. It is about how easily life can change; escape from persecution and life as a refugee and homeless person, but also the beauty and limits experienced with the healing power of love and care. Its about reconciliation with loss and pain as well as awakening and closure. We are in Spain as we follow the life and thoughts of Mara, a Romanian beggar who sits, day after day, on the pavement outside a bank in Madrid. Little by little her past takes shape, her tragic past, as she reflects on the members of her family, as she describes the village of her childhood, the hardships of Ceausescu's Roumania, her relationships - one of which was her downfall. She takes the reader through her happy but troubled youth, her dysfunctional family, her loves and follies, an unwanted pregnancy, the sordid kidnapping of her baby by the Romanian authorities and the fruitless search for the infant in the Bucharest orphanages. We experience her flight from Roumania, her abuse as a refugee and illegal immigrant that throws her life into a sad downward spiral and near psychological collapse. After years of begging and loneliness, fate offers her a chance and rescues her through a ‘flu epidemic, when she lands comatose in the caring environment of a small Madrid hospital. After all this, can she find the strength to escape from the depths into which she has fallen? Mara's is a tale of sadness, of a woeful start to life and an ambiguous ending.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHPEditions
    Release dateJul 1, 2023
    ISBN9780648568698
    Author

    Diana Hutton

    Diana Hutton lives in Madrid, Spain and has spent most of her career as a professional translator but has devoted the last few years to writing full-time. Her latest novel, "Sisterly Love" delves into the intricacies of the sister relationship in old age, treating the subject with remarkable humour and sensitivity. She is also in the process of working on a new novel.Diana has written two other novels, "A Grave above Ground" and "Don't Call Me Lebohang" which can be purchased on Amazon. “A Grave above Ground” is also available as an audiobook at most retail audiobook outlets.Although born in Southampton, in the United Kingdom at the end of the Second World War, Diana spent the first ten years of her life in London, then moved with her family to Sydney, Australia. She was educated there and dabbled in acting and contemporary ballet in Sydney on leaving school, then worked at the Australian Broadcasting Commission. As a young woman, she returned to London, but shortly afterwards moved to live in Paris where she met her Spanish husband-to-be whilst working in the Australian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO. She married in Madrid and has two grown up children. She has lived there on and off since 1970 and has found life in Spain to be a deeply enriching experience.Diana has written three books:"Sisterly Love" to be released 1 July 2019“A Grave Above Ground” see excerpt in the following pages. Available everywhere and in Audio version"Don't Call Me Lebohang" available from Amazon.

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