Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali - 9781912049264

Name : Island Secrets: Stories of Love, Lust and Loss in Bali_x000D__x000D_
Binding : Paperback_x000D__x000D_
Publication Date : 2017-11-01_x000D__x000D_
Author : Blum, Alwin_x000D__x000D_
Publisher : Monsoon Books _x000D__x000D_
ISBN-13 : 9781912049264_x000D__x000D_
Language : English_x000D__x000D_
Pages : 224_x000D__x000D_
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Beyond the Bali known from idyllic images of Hollywood movies and five-star resort holidays are the secret lives of men and women who flock to the island from around the world in search of new beginnings. Not all find the bliss and peace they hope for. Island Secrets is a collection of stories about lives fraught with scandalconflictheartache and despair. A western wife of a Balinese man enjoys a happy marriage and all the trappings of island wealth but the arrival of a man from home throws her life into turmoil as she surrenders to his seduction. A successful middle-aged ad exec leaves his family to become an artist; he lives an enviable life with a beautiful woman half his age but he soon finds himself weary of paradise. A recently divorced woman goes on a solo holiday and is irresistibly drawn to an attractive young man of dubious intentions. Bali-resident Alwin Blum offers up vignettes of Bali with characters who navigate their new lives in the sunshine and tropical splendour of the island while harbouring darkness within. Some stay for a seasonothers for the rest of their days. Some come to forget through sensual escapadeswhile others re-invent themselves to fit with the brand-new lives they have created.