About the book ...
“Surely, had it [breach presentation] been spotted, additional attention could have been given, Marc’s risk of difficulties in birth would have been known and anticipated, and attention would have been brought sooner for a more successful delivery.
I could have taught him to swim, to dive and enjoy the water. I could have taught him to cycle, cross-country, track or road racing. I could have taught him to play guitar and piano and perform on a stage. I could have taught him to be humble yet respectfully stand his ground. I could have encouraged him to get up and start again when things were not right. I could have held him and cried together as his children, my grandchildren, came into the world. I could have… I know that I could. We would have walked across fells and valleys and walked together through rivers and streams as we followed each rainbow and found the pot of gold at the end of every one of them.
There are times when I grieve for the son we lost. There are times when I truly feel that way. In the early days, I was angered by my feelings. So often, I had wanted to turn to someone to ask, “Was this feeling normal? Was it okay to feel this way?”
Nobody was there to ask.”
(Extract from Marc’s Garden)
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Opening the brown box with my name on the address label was such a thrill. Reaching in, I pulled out a copy of Marc’s Garden. After what seemed like (and really was) several years spent writing it, and then the inevitable rewriting following edits, I now had hold of my book. Could I call myself an author?
To say that I was thrilled was an understatement.
If you are looking to buy a copy of Marc’s Garden, there have been “technical issues” with Amazon UK making my book available, though they are working on a solution, but it is readily available through Olympia Publishing, Waterstones, Bookshop.org and other good booksellers.
Having completed this part of our journey, there was still an itch that needed scratching. This memoir told of Marc’s journey to a given point in time, that being the pandemic. Already, followers are asking, “What happened next?” In truth, how we encourage Marc to reengage with the world as restrictions were eased is where the next volume starts. “Beyond the Garden” draft is being worked on and I have also had suggestions of including photographs that Marc has taken which I am considering.
Before that comes to fruition, there have been many questions that I have unanswered by medics regarding his health and I found that I needed to explore those questions in what turned out to be my second book, Strange Conflicts which is due for publication soon. It is a fictional story which I hope you will find gripping and leave you asking the question, what if? As I did.
About the book ...
“Surely, had it [breach presentation] been spotted, additional attention could have been given, Marc’s risk of difficulties in birth would have been known and anticipated, and attention would have been brought sooner for a more successful delivery.
I could have taught him to swim, to dive and enjoy the water. I could have taught him to cycle, cross-country, track or road racing. I could have taught him to play guitar and piano and perform on a stage. I could have taught him to be humble yet respectfully stand his ground. I could have encouraged him to get up and start again when things were not right. I could have held him and cried together as his children, my grandchildren, came into the world. I could have… I know that I could. We would have walked across fells and valleys and walked together through rivers and streams as we followed each rainbow and found the pot of gold at the end of every one of them.
There are times when I grieve for the son we lost. There are times when I truly feel that way. In the early days, I was angered by my feelings. So often, I had wanted to turn to someone to ask, “Was this feeling normal? Was it okay to feel this way?”
Nobody was there to ask.”
(Extract from Marc’s Garden)
***
Opening the brown box with my name on the address label was such a thrill. Reaching in, I pulled out a copy of Marc’s Garden. After what seemed like (and really was) several years spent writing it, and then the inevitable rewriting following edits, I now had hold of my book. Could I call myself an author?
To say that I was thrilled was an understatement.
If you are looking to buy a copy of Marc’s Garden, there have been “technical issues” with Amazon UK making my book available, though they are working on a solution, but it is readily available through Olympia Publishing, Waterstones, Bookshop.org and other good booksellers.
Having completed this part of our journey, there was still an itch that needed scratching. This memoir told of Marc’s journey to a given point in time, that being the pandemic. Already, followers are asking, “What happened next?” In truth, how we encourage Marc to reengage with the world as restrictions were eased is where the next volume starts. “Beyond the Garden” draft is being worked on and I have also had suggestions of including photographs that Marc has taken which I am considering.
Before that comes to fruition, there have been many questions that I have unanswered by medics regarding his health and I found that I needed to explore those questions in what turned out to be my second book, Strange Conflicts which is due for publication soon. It is a fictional story which I hope you will find gripping and leave you asking the question, what if? As I did.