Title: Monster Mania: The Love Story of Many Dreams
Author: Alister Mackinnon
Publisher: Westbow Press
ISBN: 978-1733226561
Pages: 222
Genre: Christian Books & Bibles / Literature & Fiction
Synopsis
The story is set on the mid 1940s on a Hebridean island o‑ Scotland. Two words describe this book, love and dreams.
Two young children find themselves in a dilemma, living with their binge-drinking parents and the possibility of being taken into care. After reading about the happy-go-lucky children in an orphanage far away, they decided to leave home to seek it out. On their journey the children find themselves in a palace under Loch Ness – and there they release a trapped and chained monster. To repay their kindness the monster decides take them to the orphanage, in Odessa. It is a dangerous journey and would have many pitfalls. The monster hoped to meet up with an old friend – a very old dinosaur. The journey inspires great friendship and the greatest of sacrifice. The love between two children and a monster come-dinosaur, two species with vast differences, shows the world that love has no bounds.
About the Author
I was born on the Isle of Skye, an island of Scotland. I was brought up by my grandmother when I was born 1949 Dec . Wham revival struck the islands . I left school at 14 years old and went deep sea fishing and by the age 17 I was a hopeless alcoholic , I suffered rejection , anger and blamed my parents I eventually sober up and worked my way to inspection engineering and self employed , but my life was empty and lonely.
One night while drinking alone one Sunday night I had a spiritual experience which changed my life. So Edith brought many changes marriage big change , and sadly widowed after a few years of marriage. A went to Odessa to work with st children and help a doctors to build an orphanage. After some time I want to work I America where I met my present wife I went to bible college for 4 years.
While in America a religious woman said she had a dream me writing a great book I laughed as I was not capable. But 20 years on the book arrives Today I run the North Sea garden mission to help other who have had a problem with booze. Also to encourage those with little education can write get business preach Gods word, I give God all the glory for the turn around in my life My 10 years I America was a wonderful time I love the country and the people in it don’t listen to the press that is a very short part of my up and down life.