The Changing Room

 The Changing Room

Reviewed By  Ian Banks       June 23, 2024

 

Author  Belinda Cranston

Distributor:      Transit Lounge
ISBN:                 9781923023093
Publisher:         Transit Lounge
Release Date:   May 2024  

   Website:   https://transitlounge.com.au/shop/the-changing-room/

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In this carefully woven tale of coming of age, The Changing Room, Rachel Mahoney, is traveling the world and learning that the World is made up of considerably more than a beloved cartoon character Mr Binn ever portrayed. She evolves into a protagonist you come to care about: perhaps because you can see your younger self reflected in Rachel.

She is young, full of dreams, naïve, innocent and wants to explore the world to see what is behind the many doors she would like to go through. She is introduced to readers with the help of a taxi driver in Jerusalem, who realises she is an innocent abroad and does what he can to help her safely find what she is attempting to find; a sacred place.

The chapters then move between London, Egypt and Israel, where she and her friend Nikki are planning to live on a Kibbutz in Israel. Nikki returns to London after a few days leaving Rachel alone. 

From this point onwards Rachel is often at the mercy of dreams or visions, but is given to understand that she is there to help others along their pathway in life. Religious beliefs, cultural aspects and simple faith in people sees Rachel learning far more about life than she ever dreamed was possible.

Belinda Cranston has captured the many rooms of life hidden behind closed doors so many are afraid to open. Rachel, even though she is in search of life, a dreamer wanting to find herself, seems to open these doors and with the help of other travellers on her and their life pathways, survives the experience, to return home to Australia, pregnant, wiser and still to some degree, wondering

The Changing Room is a story that lingers, resonates and captures a world that is no longer there for the traveller to experience with blind faith. Perhaps many of the solutions to Rachel’s dilemmas are too easily solved, but then who is to say that sometimes in life, to the pure of heart and intent this is not the case!

Fiction