The Spirit Owl's Journey

By: Trish Macdonald Skillman

An inspiring, fact-based, 26 page illustrated tale for all ages.When Frances Barnett Macdonald, author of The Country Doctor's Youngest Daughter, passed away at age 95, the only item her twelve-year-old great-granddaughter wanted was her Mam-ma's favorite costume necklace, a large, gold-toned owl pendant with green stone eyes.Eight years later, the necklace was taken in a home robbery. Insurance replaced the electronics and repaired and reinforced the battered door, but nothing could bring back the cherished owl memento. Shortly after that, the great-granddaughter's Nana, (Trish Macdonald Skillman, author of The Spirit Owl's Journey), found an item she hoped might ease her only grandchild's pain. But she now had a dilemma. How could she convey that the item was meant as a new beginning, not an attempt to replace the irreplaceable?As often happens to writers, one morning in the half-sleep of an early awakening, this solution found its way into her thoughts. She likes likes to believe her mother's spirit planted the mental seeds that inspired this tale that eventually led from a stolen owl to the perfect 21st birthday gift for the grieving grandchild the authors of both books loved so dearly.The humans and animals mentioned in the story actually exist. The events experienced by the humans really happened as described, with the exception of inter-dialogue and inter-action between an artist and a shop owner, which are figments of the author's imagination. She hopes readers enjoy their journey with the Spirit Owl.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 057817667X
• ISBN13: 9780578176673
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Skillman - Stolen Owl Press, Patricia
• Length: 26 Pages