“They were idyllic days of forest adventures on a remote and private island in northern Saskatchewan when the possibilities unfurled like a flower revealing its hidden treasures. There was a carefree spirit in those halcyon pre-pubescent years, experiencing summer surrounded by water, spruce trees and an empty canvas waiting to be filled with adventure. It was her last best summer and the beginning of a decades-long journey to find her way back to everything that made it so.”
FORTHCOMING MEMOIR
THE FEMALE STIGMATA
Thirty Years to Choosing a Body I Love
What if we are all exceptional? What would the world be like if each of us believed and truly embodied our exceptionality? This autobiographical memoir is a coming-of-age story about an unexceptional girl navigating her world and the exceptional experiences she encounters. We follow the main character as she works with and through universal themes of living in a physical body, which she doesn’t quite like, having breasts and the sexuality that comes with them, mothering and being mothered, and finally, healing. It is a sensitively told story filled with simple joys, grit, personal tragedy and triumph. While not unique in the subject, this book is made so by the depth of its authenticity and the author’s vulnerability.
A coming of age story spanning four decades with elements familiar and moving for almost every reader.
- Theme: Body
- Theme: Breasts
- Theme: Sexuality
- Theme: Healing
- Theme: Mothering