A Different Kind of Love Story: The True Account of An Ordinary Woman's Return to Extra-ordinary Origins
Synopsis "A Different Kind of Love Story: The True Account of An Ordinary Woman's Return to Extra-ordinary Origins"
This is the true story of Ellie, a young woman living and working abroad, whose ordinary life - without warning or seeking - was to become extraordinary. It began with an exaggerated sense of hope. Then Ellie's senses became preternaturally attuned; the hidden became visible; colours and sounds were enhanced. Stars moved for her, as if by way of communication. Soon Ellie found she could travel beyond her body and so began a re-discovery of far-off environments that felt more like home than anywhere else she had known. Day-to-day life continued, but pretty soon a new chapter began. At first, it was just peripheral glimpses of three figures with her on trains, at restaurants, beside her as she walked to work, or at the foot of the bed each morning when she woke. Then one day Ellie saw them in full: they were ethereal, they were exquisite, and somehow, Ellie knew she knew them. They kept their identities concealed as they waited for her to remember more. The only person Ellie could think to tell about her new reality was a man from her hometown. His name was Peter, and she wrote him an email. Then she packed up her life in London and returned home. Almost as soon as she arrived, memories from distant lives began to surface, first in fragments, then in floods. There was a dusty riverbed, a monastery, a window framed with jasmine. There were scenes of blood and loss. Old laneways. A pine forest. A baby's cry... Peter, surprisingly, was in them all. It was about at this point that Ellie's understanding of the world and any plans she had for the future, fell apart. But through it all, Ellie and Peter kept piecing the memories together until - several transformational years later, the full picture emerged. It's truly rare to remember anything of a past life and only ever for a reason. Ellie recalled three in vivid detail - from Ancient Persia, Old Judea, and Middle Ages Italy. One divine mission linked them all. What unfolded was an ancient love story between a man and a woman but also an unexpected love story between that same woman and an archangel. Ellie recorded everything as it happened - in words and illustrations. It's those records you'll find here, in this book.
