Carisbrooke-based author Mary Grand has built on the success of her book of short stories ‘Catching the Light’ by releasing it as an audio book.
To bring the book to life, Mary has teamed up with professional voice artist Petrina Kingham.
The Kindle eBook of the stories shot up to number 24 in Amazon’s Top 100 free books soon after publication, has attracted 87 reviews and has had a total of 24,000 downloads. There have also been healthy paperback sales.
Mary said:
“I am so fortunate that Petrina agreed to narrate the audio book. I have loved listening to her reading my stories, and I’m sure my readers will become listeners too when they hear the samples”.
The eBook contains 4 stand-alone short stories featuring 4 women facing up to dramatic changes in their lives. The first, ‘The New Arrival’ is set on the Island and was inspired by Mary’s experiences walking her cocker spaniel, Pepper.
‘Catching the Light’ followed Mrs Grand’s debut novel ‘Free to Be Tegan’ and has itself been followed by a second novel ‘Hidden Chapters’ and another book of short stories entitled ‘Making Changes’. Mary is now hard at work on her next novel, which is set on the Island, with the action based on a fictitious village close to Mottistone.
The audio book and paperback copies are available from Amazon at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catching-Light-women-compelling-stories-ebook/dp/B01AGWVQJ0/.
