I have republished, edited and updated my memoirs, under a new title:
Happiness Is a Way Of Living: How I Escaped the Straitjacket of Serious Mental Illness, My Story
It is available as a paperback in full colour, printed on premium white paper to allow for the best reproduction of the B&W and Colour photographs. For those who would like to read it on their phones, tablets or computers, they will still be able to enjoy good reproductions,…..
I submitted the second edition of this book to my publishers last week. It will have photographs, a new cover and will be selling at a more reasonable price. I’ll be announcing the date it is available, on this blog as well as in the social media. Thank you for your patience. The book has many humorous stories as well as its dramatic and serious side.
My family and my British friends
I met Cathleen, who became my best friend at the band which we regularly attend. I was strongly attracted to her. This worried me when she told me she had a partner. However, my worry turned to relief after she disclosed that her partner was a girl, not a bloke! Our sense of humour was similar, whenever we were together there would be laughter. We were both loud, often getting odd looks from our…..