“I’m broken. Nothing can fix me. I feel so numb. No one understands me. No one understands my life and the sadness I feel all of the time.”
Mia Tompson finds herself in the clutches of a destructive addiction as she’s trying to come to terms with deep losses, and made to believe that she’s ‘less than’ and ‘unworthy’.
Taking a gap year, lonely and whilst living on the estate, she finds solace in nature, returning time and time again to her favourite oak tree and the horses’ paddock.
“I just want to feel close to something, feel something other than this pain. I want to feel love again.”
Will someone come into her life to pull her out of her darkness… showing her just how beautiful and deserving of love she really is?
“No one could ever understand the unspeakable pain I’ve been through. There’s this aching in my heart and pain in my chest that just won’t stop. I’ve tried everything to ease it. Even taking some drastic measures…”
Will she be able to deal with a past, which has cast such a long shadow over her life? New friendships, mending broken family relationships, and her creative writing might help her heal… but will she be able to finally slay the dragon?
“I… just… want to… feel…”
About the Author
Storyteller at heart, Charmaine Sims-Smit born in 1975, works full time in the IT industry, but her true passion lies in taking people on a journey… sometimes with tears… sometimes without.
She lives in Cape Town, South Africa with her husband and two children. Charmaine is most happy when she either has her nose buried deep in a book, is at her desk writing or is spending quality time with her family.
‘The Quiet Voice’ is her debut novel and was featured at #9 in the Spiritual Category on www.wattpad.com, which is where she first started dabbling in writing… getting her toes wet.
‘Just to Feel’ is her second book, and both books are available to order via Amazon.
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