Elisabeth Brooke

Following the success of her first novel, 'A February Cuckoo' Elisabeth has been working on her second, using her experience of living in the Dominican Republic.

In 1989 feeling in need of a change I went to the Dominican Republic to work for a NGO, and stayed on and off for the next fifteen years. Following up my interest in shamanism and altered states I met with and made friends with many practitioners of Vudu on the island…

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Weaving the World: a fast paced adventure story for young people, it is a quest story and also a funny book about excentrics outsiders magic and who are real family is. The heroine Jane discovers that she is not alone and that help always comes when she reaches out for it. The book shows how following even the wildest dreams can transform your life.

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