THE DEATH OF MUNGO BLACKWELL BY LAUREN H. BRANDENBURG
Paperback published by Lion Fiction
‘We all need to know what’s missing in our lives. At a funeral someone stands and describes everything a person has accomplished in their life. But what if they missed something? What if there was one thing they never got to do? And what if they had a chance to go back and do it?’
The Blackwells are a family with an extraordinary history and astounding traditions, which include attending their own funerals before they die! Their ways are questionable and their stories about deceased relatives are as bold as their red hair, but it is their eclectic wares that keep tourists coming back to their market in the town of Coraloo.
Charlie Price, whose world has come crumbling down after a lapse in judgement leaves him unemployed, finds himself flung into the chaotic world of the Blackwells when he relocates to Coraloo with his socialite wife, Velveteen, and shy son, Gideon. Here Charlie attempts to make a living as a ‘picker’, reselling under-priced items he picks up at the market.
Some of the Blackwells welcome him with open arms, but others resent pickers and want him thrown out of the market. Charlie soon finds this new way of life under threat and his quest for simplicity seems to be crumbling. Perhaps it’s time for Charlie to have a funeral of his own!
MY REVIEW
I couldn’t agree more The Death of Mungo Blackwell is a charming story of hope that will warm your heart and make your imagination soar.
For Charlie Price he is going through a dark place in his life he has just lost his job with this blow, it could start to cause some havoc for the Price family. In a nutshell, Charlie and his wife Velveteen could lose everything .
With Velveteen’s Christmas party planning is in full swing with a night of glitz and glamour, poor Charlie couldn’t have it within his heart to stop the Christmas party even though they were drowning in debt.
The luxury things that they had, was slowly disappearing. Velveteen’s car gets repossessed and their dream home served with foreclosure.
This part of the story sees the hurt that as a man Charlie Price has to swallow his pride and joy to part with his belongings and his wife’s things and list everything that he thinks might make him a profit.
The Death of Mungo Blackwell is a story where Charlie Price has important things to say, and do with much more things to come to welcome readers.
ABOUT AUTHOR LAUREN H. BRANDENBURG
Lauren H Brandenburg is an inspirational speaker, mentor, and author . Her fourth book in The Books of the Gardener series, Orlo The Created, was a 2017 finalist for the Selah Middle Grade Novel of the Year. As a former English teacher, she currently teaches creative writing in her home school community and to young writers nationwide. Lauren holds a Batchelor of Arts in English from Georgetown College, site president of the Middle Tennesee chapter of American Christian Fiction Writers, and an active participant with writers of Realm Makers. She lives in Nashville, Tennesee with her husband Jamie and with their children Kensington and Jackson. The Death of Mungo Blackwell is published 26th November 2019.
You can find author Lauren H Brandenburg on her website
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