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This is Ame.

She likes to smile, laugh, argue and enjoy a glass of wine. In another life-time she achieved a Master's Degree from Cambridge(Uk). These days her interests are more down-to-earth and she often goes out with her camera to frame the idea of some kind of balance in a shape-shifting world of fleeting images. (As you can see . . . she tries to uphold the bottle while it's still half-full).

She also loves to play with words, install meaning and complexity, write unusual poems and devise a complicated plot laced with metaphysical qualities.
When the right moment fills her pen and inspires her keyboard, she endeavours to touch on the essence of life as well as ringing bells and blowing whistles. Different facets of love are woven into her stories .

Two of her books are uploaded on this site.



'Normsville Trilogy' is an allegorical tale, a melange of fact, fiction, history and social experience.
(Full Trilogy = 200.000 words, available on her website.)



And if philosophy, allegory and fantasy fables are not for you, -
Ame has just uploaded a few chapters of another book, 'Wolfmother'. It contains stories from raw reality lived on the edge outside the usual safety net of European society.



A big 'Thank you' to my friends for continued encouragement and support!




favourite books



L. Tolstoi
C.S. Lewis
F. Kafka
H.C. Andersen
G. Orwell, Animal Farm/ 1984
Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
W. Somerset Maugham
and many more

my websites

http://www.theponderersbox.co.uk    

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my books

Wolfmother

Ame Wren

Amsterdam, 1985. A devoted mother battles against poverty and hardship in the city of sex, drugs and diamonds.


This story offers an insight into a woman's heartaches and difficulties living amongst squalor, addiction, greed and depravity in the centre of a vibrant metropolis. She has to provide an income for her family while living only yards away from the famous windows and dealer-dens. So far she has resisted selling her body as a means of survival.

But the tide is against her. Having exhausted other possibilities of making an honest living, the decline into offering her premises as a local 'shooting gallery' proves the unavoidable next step into an abyss from where there seems no return. Another baby is on the way. How will she cope?

But . . . As a sweetener to make life more palatable, there are rare moments of happiness and laughter as well.


 

NORMSVILLE Trilogy - Bear Esse....

Ame Wren

A fairytale : Living and surviving in a deceitful town.


Fable and Odyssey for the 21st century.

In this tale animals play actors in a life- drama. The field is Normsville, a lively market town with meaningful monuments and nightly secrets where our hero, T. O. Bear lives in a comfortable house as a successful business man.
But one thing is wrong . . . His fur. It is partially white, making him look like a Panda and leaving him with a dubious reputation as victim of prejudice and ridicule. He is unaware that his name is TAO.

During three journeys his own background and upbringing are revealed, as well as the true history and tarnished legacy of his town. The uploaded Book 1 takes the reader through youth and early romance, and then embarks on a path of growing maturity. All this is reflected against a frame of Emily making tea, reading to her toys and suffering pangs of loneliness.

The journeys lead through a land of allegorical images. Normal human experiences guide the storyline, and while the backdrop of urban life creates a mellow scenery, it is also the place where twisted history, greed and corruption find ample breeding ground.














 

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FRAN MACILVEY wrote 20 hours ago

Thank you, Ame xxxx :-))

Tamria wrote 21 hours ago

Done. Backed.

Ghostdancer wrote 21 hours ago

hi.. did u get it sorted out?

Jack Cerro wrote 22 hours ago

Thanks again for the backing.

Tamria wrote 22 hours ago

Thanks for this! James

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I wrote 16 hours ago

HI Su, I enjoyed reading your book in the past, and have now given it the high stars it deserves, which in my view are for the stories' merit in the areas of good writing, originality, plot, characterisation and dialogue, as well as tension, layering and atmosphere. Ame Wolfmother view book

I wrote 20 hours ago

I loved the way you have been mapping out every single role for this book to be turned into a film in the near future, and am looking forward to seeing Helen Mirren with extra poundage to play the Queen, lol. Ame Wolfmother view book

I wrote 20 hours ago

Hi Tristan, I read the first chapter and found it poetic, making the connection with Oscar, the real one, feasible. Your words and comparisons come across as enjoyable (although the commercial viagra aspect seemed to spoil the moment a little, for me anyway.) Sexual fantasie is obviously your ... view book

I wrote 2 days ago

Hi Jack, I read a few more chapters and your writing is just so good, you're bound to make it to the desk (Fingers crossed!). I'm watching the numbers and shall soon place yours back on my shelf. Ame view book

I wrote 3 days ago

Hi Jo, this is such an interesting story. I knew a little about the shooting and the background, but your angle to the story is very different, and that makes the event come to life from a completely different aspect, and the blood mentioned in the beginning is that of a young girl, not the Preside... view book

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