The Returning

About the Book

The Returning is a novel set in both Cornwall, UK, and Ontario, Canada. It deals with a problem which is common to hundreds of people - the inability to express thoughts or opinions when under stress.

The story investigates past life experiences and how these may or may not impact on one's current life. Courtney, having failed her first oral for her PhD, enlists the services of a psychiatrist whose area of expertise is regression and hypnosis. At first, she wants only to overcome her afflication, but as the story progresses, Courtney realizes she needs help to deal with a recurring dream she has when she falls asleep in an old rocking chair. The dream threatens to overwhelm her life.

She has broken off a relationship with a man who teaches at the same university; yet her ex-boyfriend refuses to let her go. In some way this relationship and her new relationship are all tied into the dream and with her original problem. When she discovers the shocking truth, she is able to grow past her impediment to forge a new life.

About the Author

Anne Ravenoak is the pen name used by Carol Tipler for a series of books dealing with esoteric and spiritual events (The Storyteller and His Story, Marten River Hideaway, Secrets of the Bluebird Inn)

Carol retired as an Assistant Professor of English from Nipissing University in 1995, after lecturing at both Nipissing and Laurentian Universities. When she is not doing level two Reiki healing, she likes to travel, write and garden.

Carol and her husband have for adult children. Her husband, Harold, likes to tinker with the technical aspects of her writing. They live in North Bay, Ontario.

She may be contacted by e-mail at ravenoak@cogeco.ca