This week saw the launch of my debut book. 'Four Sides to the Core' i
s now available in paperback, hardback and is downloadable as PDFs. An electronic version for iBooks and Kindle is to follow in a couple of weeks. It is available through LULU (ww.lulu.com) at the moment, but will be distributed through Amazon and other major publishing channels next month.
All profits from book sales go directly to Volunteer East (www.volunteereast.org.uk) so please don’t hesitate to order your copies and enjoy the narrative!
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Description of the book
‘Four Sides to the Core’ brings you stories from far away, fascinating countries. The book is a semi-autobiographical novel that consists of small self-contained stories from Nepal, Kenya, Jordan and Pakistan. These stories form a bigger narrative that touch human rights, universal values and daily realities in these different cultures. It is a book based on the author’s travels in different countries as a development aid worker and researcher.
At core, the book highlights realities in different parts of the world and functions as a platform for readers to experience different realities and life-stories from various cultures and backgrounds. The author wrote the book in the hope that it would open the eyes of people in the West as to seeing and understanding that we are all innately human and struggle with similar daily dilemmas, no matter where we live. In essence, the book deals with human rights issues, basic human values and principles evident in different countries.
The book is divided into four parts. Each part consists of small stories from a specific country (i.e. Nepal, Kenya, Pakistan and Jordan) in the form of the author’s firsthand experiences followed by fictitious stories that are based on real life. The firsthand experiences are based on the author’s diary that she kept while working abroad, whilst the fictitious part is based on stories that she heard and people that she met during her travels.
The book is suitable for adults and young adults who take an interest in different cultures and living in different countries. The book is also of interest to individuals who work with human rights, politics, anthropology and religion. In fact, the book is a suitable read for anyone above the age of 10 and it can function as learning material for all ages. The book is easy to read. The reader can also jump from one short story to another without necessarily having to read the entire section of the book before proceeding to the next one, making it accessible to those not used to reading much as well as to younger readers.
Bibliographical note:
Tiija Rinta is an educationist, development worker, researcher and journalist based in London, UK. She has worked for several international NGOs, Government Agencies and universities in the above roles. Her recent work has included developing teaching and learning materials for UNICEF, Save the Children and Relief International, as well as carrying out research for the European Union and the UK Government. Such work has taken her to various countries where she has been able to use her knowledge and skills for the benefit of locals. The products of these projects are publications in international professional journals, articles in magazines and book chapters.
Tiija’s latest challenge is a small NGO, Volunteer East (www.volunteereast.org.uk), that she started up in the spring of 2010. Volunteer East recruits volunteers from the UK and sends them on placements in partnership organisations in developing countries, without placement fees. The NGO also collects and sends donations and goods to the placement sites. All the profit from the sales of this book will go directly into supporting the work of Volunteer East.
‘A remarkable manuscript, an original and inventive blend of memoir and lightly fictionalised reportage, which brings together a personal narrative with an international traveloge. The result is a highly readable work, which is rich in human interest as well as anthropological information. I recommend it.’ Melrose Books, December 2010
‘A personal story of the interaction between the storyteller and her world, and in the course we feel we really get to know the writer and we appreciate what she is telling us. It is a fine picture of travel with a questioning and a thougthful mind. The writing is intimate and conversational; we are, we feel, the narrator’s companions on a journey. The warm, human story makes the book as publishable in the US as in the UK.’ Bloomsbury Publishing, December 2010
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