Salvation Creek
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Ebury Publishing
Published:3rd Aug '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The unputdownable true story of tragedy, courage and love, that grips like a bestselling novel
At 44, Susan Duncan appeared to have it all. But, when her beloved husband and brother die within three days of each other, her glittering life is shattered. This is the story of a woman who found the courage not only to begin again, but also to beat the odds in her own battle for survival and find a new life and love.
At 44 Susan Duncan appeared to have it all. Editor of two top-selling women's magazines, a happy marriage, a jetsetting lifestyle covering stories from New York to Greenland, the world was her oyster. But when her beloved husband and brother die within three days of each other, her glittering life shatters. In shock, she zips on her work face, climbs back into her high heels and soldiers on - until one morning eighteen months later, when she simply can't get out of bed. Heartbreaking, funny and searingly honest, Salvation Creek is the story of a woman who found the courage not only to begin again but to beat the odds in her own battle for survival and find a new life - and love - in a tiny waterside idyll cut off from the outside world.
Combining all the sweeping, rollercoaster style of a bestselling novel with the very best - and most inspiring - human interest story, Salvation Creek is a tour-de-force that will stay with the reader long after she has turned the last page.
This is a book of startling originality. It possesses a level of honesty that can be revealed only by someone who has thought deeply and felt passionately.The result is a...book about living, not about the superficialities of existence and, in that, Duncan has created a story of such emotional integrity that it makes most fiction look pretty bloody ordinary. * Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald *
...it is Duncan's unflinching and meticulous description of what really happens when humans struggle with grief, illness and mortality that ultimately makes this book sing...by the end (I) was weeping, full of admiration for the author's courage...her stories of the frail helping the frailer are gut-wrenchingly moving. * Emma Tom, The Australian *
Beautiful, dreamy writing and gut-wrenching honesty are the hallmarks of this memoir... * Carol George, Australian Women’s Weekly *
Told with humour, honesty and brilliance. Don't miss it. * Woman’s Day *
It is a story that every woman who reads it will enjoy for its sheer honesty, passion and plain gutsiness...it's the sort of book you just need to curl up with and read - I did; in a day. * Cairns Post *
ISBN: 9781846040528
Dimensions: 198mm x 126mm x 25mm
Weight: 282g
416 pages