Finding Inspiration: The Songbird’s Way - Writing.ie Article
first published on Writing.ie, Dec 2014
I wrote the book for all of those who are different or who may be struggling to fit into society’s view of what’s conventional. The story is inspired by the writing of Joseph Campbell who encouraged people to ‘follow your bliss’ and by Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. It is the story of a girl who has had quite an unconventional upbringing, then as she enters her thirties she struggles to go against her natural instincts and interests to please those around her. My experience from my work in international development helped me to write Red’s story in the missionary school in Zambia, and my Anglo-Irish roots were the background to Chrissie’s story which moves from the traditional music scene in Dingle to a mystical forest in deepest rural Kent.
Jenni at Livingstone Falls. Zambia which feature in the novel ‘The Songbird’s Way’