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The Healing Touch

The Healing Touch

by

Zofia von Huck

Lim Nightingale has always been frail and sickly, which sets him apart from the other elves, even more than the fact he’s a quarter-human. He longs to study magic but fears he’ll never be strong enough.

When Lim hears of a new medical treatment being performed in the city where his estranged human half-sister lives, he is skeptical. Nothing that he’s tried has made him better, however the chance of seeing his sister makes him decide to attempt it.

As Lim and his dysfunctional family travel across the continent to the hospital, they finally start to talk, exposing long-held secrets; secrets that could tear the family apart, and make Lim realise that his body is not the only thing in need of healing.

If he wants to help keep his family together, he must first mend his own broken spirit

More Details

IAC Main Tropes:

Coming of Age, Magic, Troubled Protagonist

Detailed Tropes:

Coming of Age, Magic, Troubled Protagonist

Representations in This Book:

Health Disorder, Mental Illness, LGBTQA+, Neurodivergence

Age Groups:

Young Adult, New Adult

Spice Level:

Level 1

Available Formats:

Paperback, eBook

Content Information:

Level 3

Swearing, medical procedures, medical abuse, eating disorders, grief and loss, talk of suicide

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About the Author

Zofia von Huck

Zofia is a writer, artist and educator. She has a Graduate Diploma in Screenwriting and has written and produced a stage play, Super Creeps which played to sold-out audiences at the Wellington Fringe Festival, as well as a screenplay for a short film Squish, which won the Cult Classic Award at the VUWSA Film Festival in Wellington, New Zealand. She has a Master in Education Leadership and has had several research articles about education and teaching theory published in peer-reviewed research journals. She has worked for several universities and private tertiary education providers in Australia and New Zealand, where she has taught academic writing and teaching theory. In her spare time, she is a beta-reader and editor for both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts. She lives in Sydney.

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