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Gripping supernatural mystery, which follows the
struggles of a young woman to overcome severe childhood trauma, has
inspired its readers to face up to – and conquer – their own demons.
Chrissie James is a troubled soul. Her father deserted her before she
was born and her stepfather, Alf, is a jealous man who inflicts
terrible mental and physical abuse on Chrissie and her sister, Babs.
Chrissie feels trapped inside her own head and is wracked with chronic
fears, including claustrophobia. As a result, she is a very lonely
child, with the sole exception of her imaginary friend, Amy. With Amy
for company, Chrissie slowly begins to put her miserable childhood
behind her, growing older and leaving school to find work. But still her
fears and her nightmares remain and Chrissie even starts to suffer from
random panic attacks.
One day, as a young adult, Chrissie notices a sign advertising a
hypnotherapist. On their first meeting, Kitty, the hypnotherapist,
immediately recognises Chrissie’s distress and suggests that she may
have been tormented in a previous existence. By regressing to that past
life, Chrissie hopes to find the source of her problems. While
hypnotised, she finds herself living the life of a girl named Emily, who
also has an abusive stepfather. Chrissie begins to realise that her
imaginary friend, Amy, may in fact be more significant that she could
ever have imagined, and could hold the key to helping Chrissie face up
to the secret history that haunts her.
The Other Place is an engaging and suspenseful
supernatural novel, beginning in 1950s Birmingham and charting the life
of its damaged heroine Chrissie over the course of several decades, as
she battles to isolate and overcome the fears that plague her. The Other Place has
built up a terrific fan following, reaching number one in the Amazon
Kindle Best Seller list for Supernatural and Reincarnation titles. Many
of Chrissie’s challenges and conditions are inspired by the author,
Caroll Arnall’s own experiences, having been blighted by claustrophobia,
and at times, sleep disruption and panic attacks. In fact the act of
writing this book became therapeutic in itself for Carol, who found that
her anxieties began to disappear as she worked with her complex
characters through their own healing processes. Readers too have praised
The Other Place for inspiring them to confront their
most profound problems; many women who have suffered domestic abuse have
written to Carol to thank her for helping them to finally vanquish
their most painful memories.
About the author
Carol Arnall was born and raised in the slums of Birmingham, where the early chapters of The Other Place is
set. Arnall read tarot cards, the crystal ball and practiced
psychometry until 1987 when a road traffic accident left her severely
injured. Unable to work away from home she dedicated her time to
writing, at first recording the many ghost stories she’d collected over
the years as a psychic. After having a series of articles published in
local newspapers and magazines, Arnall found the confidence to start
writing books.
Her first title, Mysterious Happenings, was a collation of
local ghost stories, which was followed by four other non-fiction books.
In 2007, Arnall began writing fiction, and has since released five
novels. Carol Arnall lives in Staffordshire.
‘The Other Place’ is available now from all major online bookstores, including Amazon.
If you enjoyed reading The Other Place read the sequel The Other Time available from Amazon. It can also be read as a stand alone book.
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If you enjoyed reading The Other Place read the sequel The Other Time available from Amazon. It can also be read as a stand alone book.
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