Welcome to my website. You can see details of my previous books and read a synopsis of the NEW book 'Finding Oasis', published by Authentic Media, and see photos from the trip to India that inspired me to write it.
You can get the book from bookshops, or from Amazon, Play.com or other online booksellers.
All my proceeds from this book will go to the charity Oasis India, so if you would like to help promote the book you might: buy a copy, recommend or give it to friends, share it with your readers' group, publicise it on your Facebook, Twitter, blog or website, or write reviews on Amazon and other bookseller sites.
Two book launches will be held in September, one on Wed 8 in Ealing, West London at Pitshanger Bookshop, 141 Pitshanger Lane, W5 1RH at 7pm and one on Sat 18 in Swanage, Dorset at Funworld Cafe (locally known as K's), Station Road at 7pm. For more details contact me! Everyone is welcome.
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Finding Oasis - Stories from the slums of Mumbai
Clare Nonhebel's 11th book - 'Finding Oasis' - is published as a paperback by Authentic Media
ISBN 1850 788 596
What's it all about?
Staying in Mumbai (Bombay), India, with a nephew working among some of the poorest people in the world gives Clare Nonhebel privileged opportunities to meet and speak with the real 'Slumdog' families living in a notorious slum, as well as victims of human trafficking, street children, and others on the margins of society. How they survive the stress in their lives and achieve peace has something to teach us .....
See Book Description and India Photo Gallery by clicking 'Read more...' below the video.
Video: Author Clare Nonhebel speaks about Finding Oasis
Video by David Forsyth, Noble House Media
Book Description
Stress and the search for inner peace are current preoccupations in Western culture, driving people to seek all kinds of remedies, from life coaching and relaxation to New Age spirituality and alternative lifestyles.
Staying in Mumbai (Bombay), India, with a nephew working among some of the poorest people in the world gives Clare Nonhebel privileged opportunities to meet and speak with the real 'Slumdog Millionaire' families living in the notorious Bandra slum.
Outcasts from each other as well as from mainstream society, these people society rejects are being cared for and learning to care for each other, through dedicated Oasis India charity workers working with the local community.
Clare also meets street children rescued from sleeping on railway platforms, spends time with HIV widows and children orphaned by Aids, and shares the heartrending stories of girls sold to slave-traffickers and trapped in prostitution.
Hesitant at first, those who agree to confide their experiences of life open a window on a world of tragedy, tenacity and – beyond all human odds – goodwill and hope for the future.
In conditions of stress that most of us find hard to imagine, it’s these rejected and marginalized people who offer the deepest insights into our common human endeavour to ride out the stresses of life and find a peace that doesn’t depend on getting it right.
The author's royalties from 'Finding Oasis' will be donated to the charity Oasis India to help continue the amazing projects visited and described as part of this book. See below for readers' comments ......
Reader comments:
From Joy F: This book is an inspiration in many ways - from your own transparent honesty to the people you've met, with their trust in God for survival and happiness.
From Maureen C: The writing is so fascinating that I'm dwelling on the beautifully constructed sentences and flow of such expressive language ...
Finding Oasis - the India photo gallery
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