Jane Shearer
Website | https://janeshearer.net/ |
I published my first novel, 'Broken is Beautiful', in 2023. I am relatively new to writing fiction for publication, having had a career in science, scientific writing and grant writing. Although one could also say that grant writing is writing fiction...
Genre:
- Adult Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Technical
Skills:
- Academic Writing
- Editing
- Research
- Technical Writing
- Website Content
Branch:
Otago/Southland
Location:
Gibbston
Publications:
Thoughts in Uncertain Times
https://janeshearer.net/
Broken is Beautiful
How do you mend the broken, be it toasters, relationships or people? Julia once re-created broken objects to be better than before. However, a series of earthquakes triggered Julia's descent into apathy and now she's lost the will to repair anything, including herself. She's going to a support group for help - Obsessives Associated. Each member has their own obsession to overcome - eating plasterboard, amassing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, brand-name tattoos. Finding a friend in Lynda, a doll-obsessed marathon runner, Julia feels as though she's finally on the mend until a dilemma fragments the group and threatens to break Julia all over again. Which glue repairs fractured humans?
Broken is Beautiful is a novel about breaking, mending and how to be friends across ideological divides.
3Eyes Publishing March 2023