Jul 03 2009
Update: Wreathing and Writhing
Apologies to my followers and readers for being out of the loop for so long, but I have been - finally - working on my autobiography.
“Between the Cracks” is a bit of a (so far!) life-long work in progress, having undergone a range of name changes, abortive starts, diversionary tactics and writers’ blocks.
Synopsis: I am an adult survivor of extended childhood abuse. I only started addressing these issues in 2005, undergoing psychotherapy and taking legal action against the local authority responsible for my childhood “care”. They settled out of court in 2008. I have obtained access to most, if not all, of my early life records and am compiling them into a book – along with my thoughts and recollections, art and photographs – to highlight how easy it is to fall “between the cracks” and be failed by the social and other services.
This is in part to encourage the others as well as to help me continue to come to terms with the pervasive after-effects of such neglect, oversight and exploitation.
