19/09/2025
TORN : Stand-Out Novel Bursts with Dark Secrets, Priesthood and Forbidden Love
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Tony Webster
Email: [email protected]
Torn is one of those novels that showcases the power of love to shine through the darkest times.
A traumatic and dramatic tale that sees both protagonists facing more than their share of desperate moments, the author adeptly keeps the suspense high as his story leaves readers questioning whether being a couple is ever on the cards for David and Jennifer.
A multi-layered story that immerses readers from the outset (whilst also showcasing the darker elements of the Catholic church)
Tony Webster keeps his readers guessing whether happy ever after is ever an option for this fated couple right to the very last moment, whilst also showcasing his prowess as a first class and nuanced story teller.
Synopsis:
Johannesburg, 1993
Torn by fear and despair, a young woman abandons her newborn son on the steps of a priest's house. It is a harsh beginning to life for David and an even harsher childhood at the hands of the priest who takes him in. David tears himself apart to survive into adulthood, keeping his real self and his dreams hidden from view, always in fear of the consequences. One day a young woman named Jennifer bursts his world apart. Her spirit and presence transforms his life...but she is torn, too, by vows she is soon to take. Together they face a future neither of them can control.
Availability:
Published by Unlocked Publishing, Torn is available in paperback (ISBN No: 9781739336103) from The Great British Bookshop at https://bit.ly/46xADvZ
The eBook (ISBN: 9781739336127) is available from a range of digital platforms at https://books2read.com/u/4A2kxA
and https://books2read.com/u/3Gp61L
About the author:
Tony Webster says:
“Life teaches us all many lessons. Some are learned, some neglected or avoided, and some take us down entirely misleading paths until we discover the reason for the detour. I was educated in a time and place where I was told on a regular basis by people in authority that I would amount to nothing. “One of them was a teacher who made what I now see as a life changing statement: ‘You’ll find
yourself behind bars, Webster.’ Growing up in the rough and tumble of a Catholic secondary modern school in working class Wigan and from a loving family strengthened by faith, it came as
something of a shock to me. “He turned out to be right. In a way. I spent 19 years of my life ‘behind bars,’ but not as he had
suggested. I became a prison officer. I think one of the reasons was to help in a small way those who may have been similarly condemned but who unfortunately never got the chance, through better life circumstances, to prove their detractors wrong. There by the grace of God! “Last of all but not least of all, I need to thank the dreamscape from which I woke early one morning during the first Covid lockdown in 2020. There was a big question in my head. To answer the question, I embarked upon a mission - and that mission was to tell the story of David, Jennifer and Father Seth.
