Tuesday 26 June 2012

Wednesday 20 June 2012

The sequel to Funnily Enough is out on Kindle and in paperback ~

Ride the Wings of Morning ~
Illustrated hardcover and paperbacks are now available from Lulu.com

....a gorgeous book. To me it is not about travel but about life. I really enjoyed it. Twice.
Some parts, I have read three times!

'Ride the Wings of Morning' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon

~ A review by Peter Bell ~


Ride the Wings of Morning (lovely title) is a terrific sequel to Sophie's marvellous Funnily Enough; further following her life of extraordinary exploits and adventures, now in southern Africa. Some horrific, most delightful, but all fascinating and very amusingly told by way of correspondence to and from her more conventional sisters. Her parents and many friends from Africa also feature as do a veritable profusion of Sophie's joyful and individual style of sketches, drawings and paintings that have become even more assured as time progressed. Many are brilliant! (Especially her splendid cartoons!)


'Ride the Wings of Morning' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon



Sophie has a wonderful knack of inclusion of her readers in all her writing. She is very observant, particularly of the absurd, the ridiculous and comic juxtapositions as well as the mundane and it shows in the great warmth, engaging honesty and infectious humour in her writing. The reader is privileged that she shares this somewhat maverick part of her life in which she gives so much of herself. Again! I was ever more captivated by this book but in a slightly different way to Funnily Enough. A truly fascinating read from much obviously painstaking work.





Only a full read of this marvellous 542-page book can do it the justice it deserves that no review of mine can hope to achieve. Unplug the phone, shut out the English 'summer' and indulge yourself with Sophie in the warmth of her true life in a world so far apart from your own!

'Ride the Wings of Morning' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon



She is a uniquely talented and individual person and this extraordinary work is to be deeply savoured and enjoyed. Tops on any scale of hugs and highly recommended by me as one of many here. The printed editions are to keep for ever.

'Ride the Wings of Morning' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon


Thank you so much, Sophie. Thanks also to Perry, Tamsin, and 'Mum and Dad'. I really look forward with great enthusiasm to the promised next instalment. Quite lovely!




Also available to order: ISBN-13: 978-1475244472



Sunday 17 June 2012

Questions for Book Clubs

1.  Is it important that Funnily Enough is a true story? Why?

'Funnily Enough' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon


2.  Whilst most readers say they laughed out loud whilst reading 'Funnily Enough' one reviewer thought it a sad story. Another said that it is not a funny book.  Is it sad?  Is it funny? Would the funny stories lack appeal without the reality that ME or Chronic Fatigue is a disease that needs to be taken serioulsy?  


    'Funnily Enough' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon


3.  Do you think the story could be made into a stage play?
Or could be read on stage with music and sound effects?


Author Martin Neville



4.  How would you alter the story to make it into a feature film? Would you make it into a romance, a thriller or both?


    'Funnily Enough' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon



5. One Book Club thought that the Christian content would hinder sales and book reviews in mainstream newspapers and magazines. Do you agree?  If you were a publisher would you reduce or cut out the Christian sections?

'Funnily Enough' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon



6.  Do you want to know what Sophie did next?


'Ride the Wings of Morning' by Sophie Neville available in paperback from Amazon