Hugh Roberts’ Book Of The Month: Donkey Boy and Other Stories by Mary Smith

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Sue Vincent

…and please note that Mary has a new blog… visit her at Mary Smith’s Place

Reblogged from Hugh’s Views and News:

After a month’s break, welcome back to my book of the month feature. To kick us off for 2018, I’d like to welcome Mary Smith to my blog. Over to you, Mary…

Thank you so much, Hugh. I’m truly honoured and excited to be here on your brilliant blog.

What’s the name of the book?
Donkey Boy & Other Stories, which, as the name implies is a collection of short stories.

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Tell us a little about the stories and the characters.
I’d have said there wasn’t a connecting theme but author Margaret Elphinstone who provided a testimonial for the back of the book describes the characters as ‘disinherited by mainstream cultures’, and I’m happy to go with that.

There’s the donkey boy of the title story, a young lad in Pakistan, who is confronted by a moral dilemma and there’s a visually impaired man in a residential home in Scotland who battles with staff over his socks. An adopted girl raises questions of identity, and a Victorian mouth artist is desperate to leave the circus. Then, there’s Molly who, when she can see something in some people’s eyes, knows all the nasty dark things the person has done.

Continue reading at Hugh’s Views and News

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About Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent was a Yorkshire born writer, esoteric teacher and a Director of The Silent Eye. She was immersed in the Mysteries all her life. Sue maintained a popular blog and is co-author of The Mystical Hexagram with Dr G.M.Vasey. Sue lived in Buckinghamshire, having been stranded there due to an accident with a blindfold, a pin and a map. She had a lasting love-affair with the landscape of Albion, the hidden country of the heart. Sue  passed into spirit at the end of March 2021.
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12 Responses to Hugh Roberts’ Book Of The Month: Donkey Boy and Other Stories by Mary Smith

  2. mrmilitantnegro's avatar The Militant Negro says:
    January 5, 2018 at 19:09

    Reblogged this on The Militant Negro™.

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  3. Mary Smith's avatar Mary Smith says:
    January 5, 2018 at 20:49

    Thanks for this, Sue and for letting people know about my new blog.

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  4. Hugh W. Roberts's avatar Hugh's Views and News says:
    January 6, 2018 at 12:03

    Thanks so much for sharing Mary’s interview, Sue.
    Have a great weekend.
    xx

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  5. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more's avatar OIKOS™-Redaktion says:
    January 6, 2018 at 15:08

    Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region! and commented:
    ATTENTION: New blog of Mary Smith: marysmith.co.uk !!!

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