Battling Demons, Finding an Angel - A Memoir

Author(s): Sally Beavis (nee Tartakover)

Biography and Memoir

A STORY OF GRIEF, SCHIZOPHRENIA, COURAGE AND LOVE


This memoir defies categorisation. From class captain to domestic violence, infidelity and mental illness; from the shadows of mayhem and madness comes the uplifting love of a lifetime in the most unlikely place. Sally's pithy story will linger with you like its underlying themes of love, evil, resilience and hope. Delightfully written with grace, humility and humour.


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‘How often can you read a vivid first-person account of surviving a battered wife marriage and managing schizophrenia while working full time and being a single mother? Highly Recommended’ -- Loretta Goldberg

‘This is a poignant, honest and genuine work, into which Sally Beavis has bravely put her heart and bared her soul. She should be very proud of what she has achieved. This book deserves to be read by a wide audience’. -- Nancy Mortimer

‘A bravely told and beautiful story. Once I started reading I could scarcely put in down…A timely, powerful, disturbing and very personal account of Sally’s life and its many challenges!’ -- Belinda Kendall-White

‘I knew Sally Beavis would do a good job putting her memoir together because she is organized, highly competent and intelligent but she delivered so much more. This book is well written and brutally honest… the dialogue kept bouncing along. It is an extraordinary story… because Sally and John met and their lives were transformed. It demonstrates courage, resilience and hope. Many people would be inspired by reading this. It is unique and brilliant.’ -- Dr Elizabeth Lewis, Psychiatrist

‘What a story. I enjoyed it immensely. It is well written – simple, straightforward and unpretentious – engrossing and in places, heart-rending. Sally has the happy knack of setting up a sentence in such a way as to entice one to read the following sentence, and uses adverbs with skill. Few writers do this as well as Sally… Battling Demons, Finding an Angel is a compelling read. At times it brought tears to my eyes and at others it made my heart sing.’ -- Dr Michael Tronson

Sally Beavis 


 

General Fields

  • : 9780646863092
  • : Sally Beavis
  • : Sally Beavis
  • : 01 September 2022
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sally Beavis (nee Tartakover)
  • : Paperback