New Book; "Gozo; Is the Grass Greener?" by Freya Barrington - to be published by Faraxa Books

In 2010, Steve and I moved from the UK to the beautiful island of Gozo in the Mediterranean. At the time, I recorded our exploits in an online blog. Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, but at all times candid and honest, the blog attracted over 45,000 hits in less than 12 months. At the time, many people contacted me to ask if I was going to publish the account of our move to Gozo in book form.

Freya by the sea in Gozo 

While the idea had occurred to me, it was no more than a pipe dream. Events then took a different turn when I took 12 months off from my role as a social worker, to write my first novel, entitled Known to Social Services, which was published in February 2015 by Faraxa Books. Known to Social Services was the #1 social work book on Amazon UK and has been met with positive reviews.

Freya's debut novel, Known to Social Services

Encouraged by this, I rethought the possibility of my online blog being rewritten in book form. Several months of work later, it was ready for submission under the title, Gozo; Is the Grass Greener?

I am absolutely delighted to report that Faraxa Books have agreed to publish the book.

Faraxabooks.com 

Many people dream of moving abroad to live and can be seduced by the idea of warmer climes and a better standard of living. The book looks at why we decided to move from the UK, and follows us on our epic and often hair-raising trip across Europe, with our old hairy lurcher in tow. It then gives an honest account of our lives in Gozo, and looks at whether or not the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence, or in our case, the other side of the water!

Our old lurcher Ollie who came too

The book also looks critically at our lives together and asks the same question; Is the Grass Greener? Both Steve and I have been married in before, and were warned by several well-meaning people that the grass would not necessarily be greener in a new relationship.

To see what the verdict was on whether or not the grass was greener, both in Gozo and for us as a couple, you will have to read the book, which should be released later this year J

Many thanks to Faraxa for their ongoing support.

Freya