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Dean Mayes

Dean Mayes has been writing, blogging and dreaming for most of his adult life, in between practicing as a Pediatric ICU Nurse and raising his two children, Xavier & Lucy (who was born during the writing of The Hambledown Dream). Dean lives in Adelaide, Australia with his partner Emily, his children... and his cross-breed cattle dog Simon.

The Hambledown Dream is his first novel.

He writes regularly for a loyal following at his blog Dean from Australia

Dean Mayes

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The Hambledown Dream

Australian Denny Banister had it all; a successful career, a passion for the guitar, and Sonya - the love of his life. Tragically, Denny is struck down with inoperable cancer.

Andy DeVries has almost nothing; alienated from his family, moving through a dangerous Chicago underworld dealing in drugs, battling addiction while keeping a wavering hold on the only thing that matters to him: a place at a prestigious conservatory for classical guitar in Chicago.

As Andy recovers from a near fatal overdose, he is plagued by dreams - memories of a love he has never felt, and a life he's never lived. Driven by the need for redemption and by the love for a woman he's never met, he begins a quest to find her, knowing her only by the memories of a stranger and the dreams of a place called Hambledown...

ISBN: 978-1-926760-27-8 ebk      978-1-926760-33-9 print
Word Count: 80,000
Published: January 20, 2010  (second edition May 12, 2010)
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price: US$ 7.99