Launching a Brilliant Local Book
Author Mάire Fisher was the guest speaker at a luncheon at Buitenverwachting Restaurant on Thursday 20 September.
Firstly, we celebrated the reopening of the Restaurant after its winter break. A well-rested Edgar Osojnik Chef/Patron prepared a delicious luncheon.
Secondly, we celebrated a local author who has written an amazing book The Enumerations.
Mάire Fisher lives in Fish Hoek and agreed to be the guest speaker at a September luncheon. She is a writer and editor, who is a member of The Grail Writing Retreats, her work has been published in anthologies and on various websites. She is also the author of Birdseye. She is married with two sons.
Penguin Random House South Africa sent me her book to have a look at. I couldn’t put it down. It is fascinating and gripping. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting her!
The Book
The Enumerations tells the story of seventeen-year-old Noah Groome, who suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Noah is caught up in a personal prison, unable to tell anyone about a dark force that is threatening to engulf him.
It is not only Noah that is suffering, but Mάire has also created a touching family drama that includes Noah’s mother, Noah’s emotionally blank father Dominic who has his own demons and Noah’s sister Maddie, his ally and protector, all profoundly affected by her brother’s disorder.
A book about mental health and familial bonds, it is a sensitive, warm-hearted novel which keeps one on the edge… Professor Dan Joseph Stein, BSc, MB ChB, FRCPC, FRSSAf, PhD, DPhil who is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at UCT and Director of the MRC Unit on “Anxiety and Stress Disorders has read the book and approved Mάire’s research on OCD.
A delicious lunch was enjoyed by all.
Sandy Bailey
