This is a story of triumph over adversity. It is based on part of the true story of Nanette's life. It has been written to encourage women who have suffered abuse. It describes her driving passion to succeed. It describes the abuses and neglect of her and her siblings in childhood and her progression forward into life. She brings to life how those early patterns learned in childhood, continued to destroy her and her happiness. She determinedly struggled and learned to replace that way of thinking. She fought to destroy those patterns, to turn her thinking around to positive actions in her life. She tells how those integrated patterns rendered her unable to keep love and sustain a relationship. Nanette became a person who loved too much and exhausted herself. She was unable to receive love herself which was how she was raised. With a lot of help from a dedicated young psychologist she was able recognise her harmful learned patterns, to identify 'why' her life didn't work and 'why' things were just so hard. Nanette was determined to get well and undertook that journey with a vengeance. With excellent therapy she was able to 'find a life' for herself. This book has been written in the hope that it helps sufferers of abuse. It is a good gift for a friend or a person in need.
About the Author: Nanette Clifton is an amazing inspirational author and speaker who can motivates people into the belief that 'Yes, I can do it'! Her childhood was abusive as was one of her marriages. Her father denied her a further education because she was 'a girl'. She wrote this book to assist fellow sufferers to recognise and survive their abuses. She has, through the knowledge of her own painful experiences, been able to assist the down trodden and the abused, to recapture their self esteem and rebuild their own personal power. To see them find their true purpose out of the misty grey depths of their pain. To show people their huge worth in this society has been her ultimate dream and her fulfilment. Her aim has been enabling women and children in particular, however not exclusively. This has been a passion for most of her life. She previously published a book containing her art, poetry and writings. 'Inspirations in Paint and Pen'. It is a full colour coffee table book available on www.amazon.com. This was published to share the' beauty' of art with everyone. Nanette was also a Marriage Celebrant. She has two daughters happily married and four beautiful grandchildren. She resides in Runaway Bay Queensland Australia. Web Site: www.nanetteclifton.com