A Place Called Paradise (Hardcover)

Olivia is raised by her grandparents on a stud farm high in New Zealand's Southern Alps amidst splendid isolation and natural beauty. It is a place where she has difficulty discerning between the magical dream world of her childhood and the nightmare relentlessly pursuing her during adolescence and adulthood. A work experience trip to London's fashion garment industry goes horribly wrong - plunging Olivia into a drug and alcohol fuelled madness, robbing her of sanity, very nearly destroying her. During her darkest hours, a gypsy family take Olivia to their camp deep in The New Forest. They nurse her back from the depths of despair and a self induced insanity haunting her every waking moment. 'WILL THE MAGIC RETURN?' It is a question that plagues Olivia continuously. She knows there is a price to be paid first- but is the price too high? The answer lays deeply hidden in the most unlikely place - within herself. THE MAGICIAN AND THE MAGIC ARE ONE AND THE SAME