Footprints in the Sand
Footprints in the Sand by Sarah Challis, published by Headline Publishing Group in 2006, is a fiction novel that explores themes of personal transformation and family dynamics. The story follows Emily Kingsley, who arrives at her Great Aunt Mary’s funeral feeling lost and heartbroken over her troubled relationship and her parents’ marriage. Unexpectedly, she and her cousin Clemmie learn they are to fulfill a significant task in their aunt’s will, which sets them on a journey to Mali, where they will transport her ashes to her final resting place in the Saharan desert.
As Emily and Clemmie embark on this journey, they confront their own emotional struggles and the complexities of their familial ties. The narrative delves into their experiences in a foreign land, highlighting the challenges and revelations they encounter along the way. This edition, comprising 344 pages, invites readers to witness how a seemingly simple task can lead to profound changes in their lives, as well as the bonds that can be strengthened through shared experiences.
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When Emily Kingsley arrives at the church, late and sad, for her Great Aunt Mary’s funeral, she has no idea that her life is about to change completely. Still grieving for her broken relationship with the vain, mean and unfaithful Ted, and trying to come to terms with the cracks which seem to be appearing in her parents’ marriage, she sobs her heart out in the church.At the wake afterwards, however, she and her cousin Clemmie are told that Mary has appointed them executors of part of her Will. They are to transport her ashes to Mali, in western Africa and her final resting place is to be Timadjlalen, in the Saharan desert. And so begins Emily and Clemmie’s adventure—a journey that will be the most important of their lives.
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