#BlogTour – #BookReview of #CircleOfLife by #OrnaRoss @RandomTTours #RandomThingsTours #InspirationalPoetry

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Nov 1

I'm delighted to welcome you today to my stop on the blog tour for the small but powerful Circle Of Life by Orna Ross. Thank you to Anne Cater and the author for giving me the opportunity to read and review this beautiful book.

About the book:

An illustrated gift-book of poems about motherhood and caregiving.

"Orna Ross harnesses language to recreate life's moments by creating a canvas where every word scintillates with depth and meaning." AMAZON REVIEWER

Circle of Life is the fourth book in the 12 Poems to Inspire series, a range of gift-books for festivals like Valentine's Day and Christmas, as well as milestones we all experience, including loss and new beginnings. Circle of Life celebrates Mother's Day—and caregiving all year round.

These twelve poems celebrate the incredible privilege and emotional rollercoaster of caring for others, while encouraging us to rejoice in our gifts we receive from protecting those in our care.

In accessible, sometimes conversational, language the poet draws from her own experience of motherhood, marriage and friendship, and the wisdom of philosophies that explain how we have all been mothered into being. And how we continue to be nurtured by Mother Earth and the creative spirit that animates all.

The poems in this collection are written to be reread often. Reflecting on their wisdom, the reader finds comfort in the tender but powerful nature of inspirational poetry, which itself offers the nurturing care that these poems celebrate.

Split into three sections: Beginnings, Leavings, and Returnings, each poem is spectacularly illustrated by pictures the poet co-created with the AI artist app, Dream.

All of this adds depth and resonance to this short book, making it a gift full of value and meaning, for oneself or another.

A thoughtful gift for mothers on Mother's Day—or anytime for any caregiver.q

About the author:

Orna Ross is an award-winning historical novelist, poet, and founder-director of the global non-profit for self-publishing writers, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi).

An international bestseller, she enjoys book sales in 120+ countries worldwide and her awards include the Goethe Historical Fiction Grand Prize Award for fiction, Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, the Romantic Novelists Association's Indie Champion Award, The Writers' Digest's Top Websites for Writers, and The Bookseller's Top 100 people in publishing.

In what she describes as "the best move of my writing life", Orna took her book rights back from her publishers in 2011. The experience has made her a passionate advocate for the commercial and creative empowerment of authors through self-publishing and selective rights licensing.

Orna Ross is a self-publishing literary novelist and poet and, as founder-director of the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), an advocate for other indie authors.

My Review:

Circle Of Life by Orna Ross is a small but powerful book that holds some gorgeous and heartfelt poetry within its pages. A book that will resonate with so many of us who find ourselves caring for others, Orna Ross has captured the essence of what being a carer is like, the highs, the lows and everything in between.

Moving, poignant and emotionally satisfying, Circle Of Life is a sensitively written book that resonated with me on a personal level. Thought provoking, highly emotive and beautifully illustrated, this is a book of poetry that I would recommend.

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