Novel Set in Post Tsunami Indonesia Explores Human Tragedies

Gold and Fishes by Donna Carrick is a stunningly researched novel set in Indonesia about overcoming personal and global catastrophes.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (PRWEB) September 22, 2006 -- In Gold and Fishes by Donna Carrick, a tsunami relief worker in Indonesia must balance helping suffering victims with searching for her vanished brother-in-law.

To whom do we owe our highest allegiance, our own family or the family of man? How can people connect to the world on a truly meaningful level? In Donna Carrick’s Gold and Fishes, foreign aid worker Ayla Harris is struggling to bring hope back into the ruins of post-tsunami Indonesia. While helping an injured orphan, she discovers her connection to the world. But in the midst of this universal tragedy and terrible devastation, she must search for her missing brother-in-law, even as a killer puts her own life in terrible danger.

Extensively researched, Gold and Fishes shows an extraordinary world that few people experience. While the media often portray the 95% Muslim population of this area as terrorists, Carrick shows them as a brave people who want to be one with the rest of the world. Author Carrick knows first hand the exotic landscape of Southeast Asia, having traveled to Nanning to adopt her youngest child. Her picture of the land is real and convincing, and her ruminations on Buddhism and Islam are fascinating. Gold and Fishes explores both the diverse cultural aspects of a global society, a terrible environmental tragedy and the deep and enduring bonds of family.

For more information or to request a free review copy, please contact the author at donnacarrick @ rogers.com or through the author’s website www.donnacarrick.com. Gold and Fishes is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

About the Author

Donna Carrick was raised in the Canadian Military. She studied English literature and psychology at the University of Toronto. An accounting manager, wife and mother of three, she lives in Toronto, Ontario in Canada.

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