Could an ‘unlucky’ dog spell disaster in children's book, Roseita Hamish and the Beast?
Written as part of National November Writing Month, Roseita Hamish and the Beast tells the tale of three unlikely friends brought together by a tragic secret.
Ann Onymous’s debut novel, Roseita Hamish and the Beast, was originally written for National November Writing Month. She had been writing unsuccessfully for 30 years – but having received her certificate for 50,000 words completed in 30 days, she decided to expand the novel. Ann says, “I’m a late developer, passed my A-levels at 30, my TEFL post-graduate diploma at 46, and hope to write a bestseller before I’m 90! Authors who inspire me are Alexander McCall Smith, Jacqueline Wilson and David Walliams.”
Roseita Hamish and the Beast follows the life of a privileged young girl, Roseita Fortesque. She is only five years old when she frees a bazaar dog in Kiruma, patiently waiting to be sold for food. The Kirumese people thought it had escaped and bitten her – she never told them the truth.
Worse still, she loves that hated bazaar dog, which the Kirumese people believe will bring disaster and ruin to their nation. She also loves the teenage boy next door, Hamish Martlett, who has a puzzling mystery in his past. Together, in secret, they feed the bazaar dog. How could she possibly foresee the terrifying consequences that saving one dog’s life could bring?
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