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I Belong to No One – a memoir

One woman’s story of all she lost and how hard she fought to survive and eventually triumph.

Getting Back to Where I Once Belonged . . .

June 5, 2014April 1, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 27 Comments

I'm baaaaack  . . . I have a theory that as we get older, the brain cells which record time, die - and that is why our lives appear to be zipping away in front of our eyes, speeded into fast forward flickers. Perhaps that is why it seems to me as if it has … Continue reading Getting Back to Where I Once Belonged . . .

When Every Photograph Told a Story

December 8, 2013April 1, 2025 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 10 Comments

When I started writing my memoir, now called - I Belong to No One - it was an autobiographical journey through a childhood that had more twists and turns than a roller-coaster.  I was raised by a single mother who was stricken with mental illness, robbing her of the capacity to function as a nurturer … Continue reading When Every Photograph Told a Story

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