May/June 2024 Alchemical Voice

Life behind
the mask
Alchemical Voice - L2M - Issue 26
A compelling story of a young mother, happy in her
first marital home, running her successful dance school.
Everything changed one fateful night; following a
severe car accident, her husband developed paranoid
schizophrenia. A year of desperation, misery attempted
murder, a shooting and a suicide followed.
A second husband with rage issues, led to physical
abuse of her son and a life of fear. Follow her fight to
protect her children and explore the horrors they faced
growing up. Years remaining silent for fear of reprisal
and the guilt carried from seeing the effect it had on
her children.
Another near fatal car accident and the unexplained
miracle rescue. An illness that drained her body, stole
her career and left her bedridden. This is one woman’s
battle against insurmountable odds. The will to survive,
protect, overcome years of torment, fear and
oppression and the day she discovered the strength
within, to fight back and step out from ‘BEHIND THE
MASK’
I spent most of my working life as a professional dance instructor, designing and
producing theatrical shows for children. When a severe back injury resulting
from a car crash forced me into early retirement, I started looking for new ways
to be creative and find a new outlet in life to express myself. Writing filled this
void and allowed me to clarify, accept and eventually script what has happened
to me over the years, which makes for a compelling and at times, difficult read.
For a very long time I tried to come to terms with what I have been through and
how it has affected both me and my family. Having finished this book, I am now
able to look back and reflect on my life in a way I never thought possible. The
sheer number and variety of traumas I have experienced is almost
incomprehensible and the horrors of some of the situations are a lot to take onboard.
These have shaped me into the woman I am today.
Within the book you will experience my life in its rawest form including a suicide,
a ruined career, a lengthy lawsuit, a terrible marriage, an abusive husband,
terrified children, a debilitating illness, broken families, dreams shattered, hope,
fear, and impossible choices. Only when you are at your lowest, when you feel
that life has taken too much from you, do you look deep inside yourself and
make a choice. This story is my choice.
Available from Amazon, Waterstones, WH Smith or
Pegasus Elliott Mackenzie Publishers
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