About Joan Put on a Happy Face by Carol M Mottershead:
A children’s favourite seaside puppet show is basis for this new novel by Carol M Mottershead
JOAN – Put on a Happy Face is a gripping read and a fascinating mix of history and fiction. Recently rated #1 BEST SELLER in Historical Biographical Fiction JOAN is a real page turner!
So what’s the story about?
A family, journey across time, spanning more than four centuries. Travelling from their beloved Italian homeland, around and across Europe, eventually ending their journey in England.
Their new lives turned upside down by an unexpected turn of fate after a potion – given by a family friend, changes their lives, their futures, their very existence – forever! They are abominations in the eyes of their God.
Love, joy, jealousy, murder and mystery. A family torn apart by circumstances. Will they ever find peace?
The mystery unfolds in this historical biographical fiction about Joan and her family written from the imaginings of author Carol M Mottershead.
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Author Bio:
During the day Carol runs an entertainment agency A.R.C. Entertainments and can be found at her desk facilitating bookings for a range of top class acts on her books.
She brings a wealth of experience to her writing which includes Hypnotherapy, having trained to Fellowship level with Dr Peter L Goodwin founder of the Institute of Hypnosis & Parapsychology in the ‘80s. She also formed a research group with her Mother and sister called ‘Psychic Research & Investigation into Sensitive Mediums’, there’s a lot more to Carol than meets the eye!
Carol’s pioneering spirit has taken her on many journeys: a founding member of Stockton Music & Arts Collective & the Stockton Fringe Festival in the early 90s and later, sole organiser of the very first BBC Music Live event in Durham, where even the weather created its own challenges with rain, wind, hail, snow, thunder, lightning all attempting to cancel the event before its due time, but even the weather couldn’t stop Carol for once the sunshine came out, she and her entertainers, her folkies, all came back out to play; you’d best keep an eye on this woman, her talents should not be under-estimated!