ECHOES IN THE WIND (Review)

Roger Marsh’s Echoes in the Wind flows like a creek after heavy rain. The story runs with twists and turns as it gains momentum, evoking a huge range of appropriate emotions; happiness, sadness, anger, laughter, tears, pride. Yet, as with eddies and flows, there is tension and relief throughout.

You might guess certain things about the past of one of the characters, adding to the overall tension as to when and how the person is going to explain it all as Marsh carefully opens and skilfully unpacks the heavy baggage they had been lugging around for years. Cathartic!

If asked the genre of Echoes in the Wind I would have to say, “Romance.” Okay, maybe “War Romance.” However, this is no $2 romance novel. The subject is too weighty for that. Marsh delicately explores the complexities of human interactions and the immediate and ensuing emotions. An external battle often becomes a battle within.

Echoes in the Wind perfectly captures the intricate nuances of Aussie “black-humour” and the way Aussies have made swearing into an art-form. Warning! Roger Marsh’s wee book is a symphony of expletives.

Great read. Well done Roger. Bullseye!

See author interview at: https://youtu.be/q-AMT7PLxrk?si=FN8Dak2SCVvS85YT