The Tender Conflict
THE TENDER CONFLICT. After a lifetime of happy memories in Alford Avenue, Joe and Elizabeth Wilson decide it’s time to move on. At the outset it all seems so simple. It’s one house needing one realtor to find just one suitable buyer. What could be simpler? Yet their decision will ignite dreams, open the door to opportunity and…
WRITTEN BY
Keitha Smith
About This Book
THE TENDER CONFLICT. After a lifetime of happy memories in Alford Avenue, Joe and Elizabeth Wilson decide it’s time to move on. At the outset it all seems so simple. It’s one house needing one realtor to find just one suitable buyer. What could be simpler? Yet their decision will ignite dreams, open the door to opportunity and fuel the fires of antagonism. The quest to find a new owner will find friend pitted against friend, colleague against colleague and bring about realisations, change and love. Who will be the ultimate winner of the tender conflict?
About The Writer
Keitha Smith
KEITHA SMITH is a wife, mother, friend, observer of human nature and, predominantly, a novelist. To date she has published four works of fiction (Maybury Place, The Bell Curve, The Tender Conflict and The Journey) and a non-fiction book for Christian mothers called Mothering Heights. She wrote her first book - a children's twist-a-plot novel - as a class project when she was sixteen but never really considered writing as something a person might do as a profession. However, through her twenties and thirties her love of writing continued to grow, with her main focus being on writing women's fiction, exploring life's rich tapestry through funny, flawed and familial fictional characters. Keitha also serves on the board of the charity Minds for Minds, fundraising for autism research.
Website: www.keithasmith.co.nz
Photo: Keitha Smith
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