The Price of Wisdom - Couverture souple

Townsend, Kate

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184748610X ISBN 13 : 9781847486103

Editeur : Athena Press, 2009

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She was a war baby in every sense! Kate's story, from her birth in a bombed-out London to grandparenthood in the new millennium, is a heart-wrenching saga of marriage, mishaps and motherhood, and includes a wonderfully told account of her parents' courtship in the 1900s, learnt at her loving mother's knee. But the war outside Kate was reflected on the inside. She grew up unloved by her father and resented by her sister and, looking for an escape route, she turned to the wrong men for affection. Kate's rejection and inner turmoil lead her to Al-Anon and a life-changing twelve-step programme of self-awareness and mental cleansing. The Price of Wisdom is a stark refutation of the phrase 'happily ever after', and it makes tough reading. Only after a long and winding road, via illness, isolation and several broken dreams, can Kate realise that many of the demons around her live within herself. Finally, she reaches the twelfth step and learns to forgive and accept the most challenging person of all . . .

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Biographie de l'auteur

Kate Townsend was born in 1940 so that makes her in her 70's. She has been around for a long time and has experienced many changes over the years. During her younger years she would never of thought that she would have written a good book. About 10 years ago, she thought she would like to write a book about her life and experiences. She reasoned that she had a lot to say and believed it would be good to pass on to the world some of her wisdom that she believed she had paid a high price for. The idea came to her to start her story in the year 2000. The desire to begin writing her book wasn't until the beginning of 2007 but when she started she loved every moment of it, the words just came and it was as if something was inside of her writing her book for her. She wrote day and night and most weekends. Eventually she finished it. It took nine months, (the same time for a baby to be born.) After completing her book she asked a number of people to read it to see if they thought it was worth a try to have it published as she had never written a book before and wasn't sure if anyone would like it. To her surprise they loved it. She is now experiencing the joy of many people giving her excellent reviews. She was in Al-anon at that time. She went to her first Al-anon meeting when she was 48 years old but her life began to turn around slowly after that and she began to find herself again.