Saturday, June 3, 2023

RRR presents... THE POINT WHERE THE OCEAN ENDS by Siobhan Murphy - GUEST POST + GIVEAWAY!


Friends, country people, readers round the world...thanks for joining me today as we welcome Rachel's Random Resources and author Siobhan Murphy to the site.  Currently touring the title mentioned above and below, you'll get a quick glimpse to tantalize and tease as well as indulge in a special GUEST POST from the author!  PLUS, if you're a UK reader, there's a giveaway just for you!  So read on, my friends, read on...



The Point Where the Ocean Ends
by
Siobhan Murphy


About the book...

A lifetime of searching
A restless, nomadic journey
And a secret kept buried for years

As winter turns to spring on the North Cornish coast, Kerensa O’Connell receives an unexpected message relating to a passionate relationship deep in her past. A message that stirs up memories threatening to derail her comfortable life and her marriage.

While the world is forced to press the pause button, Kerensa has no choice but to slow down and confront the demons that have plagued her throughout her life. Battling both mental and physical health issues, she must decide once and for all what she is looking for and whom she wants by her side.

Simultaneously unfolding over a few months and several decades, the story moves from the windswept plains of East Africa to the stunning islands of the Great Barrier Reef, the tranquil mountains of the Himalayas, and the bustling cities of Europe. Kerensa confronts happiness and heartbreak through the lens of her camera and her connection to the people she loves. Piecing together her memories of love, loss, and adventure, she starts to make sense of the choices she has made and question the internal chaos that has always defined her.

A tale of colliding life paths, fate and chance.
A journey of discovery and coming to terms with the truth of the past.
An unforgettable love story with the mystery of an ambiguous figure at its heart and a reminder that letting go of the past can take a lifetime





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~~~ GUEST POST ~~~
...with Author Siobhan Murphy

A little information about me. I’m a typically chaotic creative type. My brain never stops and I’m always coming up with new ideas. I’m easily bored and a bit of a dreamer. I’m a photographer by day and book worm at night – or anytime I can get away with it really – being self-employed does help on that front. My first love is travelling, and I adore being out in nature walking the dogs, visiting friends or discovering places I’ve never been before.  I live in a pretty place surrounded by beautiful countryside but would love to live by the sea. 

My hobbies are eating sweets, talking nonsense and walking into rooms wondering why I am there.  I overthink everything and therefore I have re-written this guest post several times already. 
My debut novel is a sweeping love story that crosses continents. A tale of wanderlust, searching and finding home. A lyrical meditation on the importance of our memories and a reminder that letting go of the past can take a lifetime. 
This novel nagged at me for quite a while before I started to write it. The title came to me a long time ago but was for a different book at that time. This book started as a travelogue, but it became a novel when various characters appeared and decided they had their own plans. It’s inspired by some of my real-life travels and people I met in various parts of the world. It’s also inspired by my fascination with fate and chance and coincidence. By those ‘sliding door moments’ when a different life could happen for you, or not happen. And it’s inspired by my love of nature and particularly the ocean – a place that always makes me calm. I heard somewhere that people who have a lot of fire in them need to be balanced with water and that certainly seems to fit for me. 

My writing hours are sponsored by Earl Grey tea, Galaxy caramel chocolate bars and many glasses of wine. My next novel is already underway, this is not a sequel, but it does exist in a similar universe through a couple of common characters. I hadn’t intended to write this one – I had another idea for book 2 – but this one arrived in my head fully formed. The whole outline was there, together with all the characters complete with names. I’m very excited about this next story. However, I suspect my long-suffering family and my liver may be far less enthusiastic.



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About the author...


Siobhan Murphy is a contemporary women's fiction author based in the UK. She spent many years drifting around the world in search of adventure and trying to figure out what to do with her life. She still isn’t sure if she's found the answer, but having rattled on about writing books for years, she finally did something about it. At present, writing feels like the perfect job, and is providing her with an enormous amount of pleasure. Along the way she has worked in places as diverse as the High Commission in Nairobi; a market stall selling cheese in the UK and an 80-foot racing yacht in Australia. She's been a secondary school English teacher and a Barista with no discernible talent for making coffee. She's been a bossy PA and an uninspired private equity fund administrator. Probably her favourite job ever was as a bookseller for Waterstones, where she loved recommending books to customers and applying those 3 for 2 stickers that are hard to remove. For the last 17 years she's worked as a professional photographer, taking portraits of human beings, often the really, really small ones. She suffers from a condition called Pareidolia, which causes her to see faces in everyday objects. Her hobbies are eating sweets, talking nonsense and walking into rooms wondering why she is there. She constantly overthinks everything and will no doubt keep deleting and re-writing this bio for the foreseeable future. Her first novel was sponsored by Earl Grey Tea and many, many, many glasses of wine.





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YOUR CHANCE TO WIN...
...a Booklover Gift Box!
 (Open to UK only)

Prize contains...

Booklover Gift Box: Includes some bookish treats and goodies to relax you whilst you read
Signed copy of The Point Where the Ocean Ends
Book mark
Colour-coded book tabs
Blank photographic card of Cornish scene
Pencils
Bath Salts
Face mask
Biscuits
Night time Tea




*Terms and Conditions –UK entries welcome. Please enter using the Rafflecopter box below. The winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then Rachel’s Random Resources reserves the right to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over. Any personal data given as part of the competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize, after which time Rachel’s Random Resources will delete the data. I am not responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.



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Special thanks to Rachel at Rachel's Random Resources for the chance to bring this tour to you, and to the author for the guest post to share! (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, this promotion, or those on the horizon, feel free to click through the links provided above. Be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more bookish fun!


Until next time, remember...if it looks good, READ IT!


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