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It was no coincidence that I was with one addict after another - and with each one I was determined to work out the magic formula to make him nicer, kinder and gentler. The only formula that worked was when I finally realized they weren't the issue, I was! I needed to redirect all that love and energy and make myself my project instead of a man. This book is an exploration of that journey. It is a memoir on relationship addiction, surviving abuse and getting through it all by cooking. Each chapter ends with a Food For Thought section of musings, lessons learned, a list of questions for the reader and the recipes mentioned in the story. The men are named after ingredients and the chapters are given cooking terms. CAST OF CHARACTERS: 1. First Boyfriend Oyster The ingredient of passion but his only passion was substances 2. First Husband Tabasco Fiery, moody, raging, needs to be tempered; usually, with a good dose of love! 3. Second Husband Icicle Icy, tasteless and bone chilling 4. Another Boyfriend Hamburger Nothing hits the spot better than a hamburger. And then it always disappears far too soon. Just like he did. 5. And another boyfriend Caviar Pure indulgence! 6. Third husband Piggy in Blanket Unappetizing, unpalatable and unconscionable 7. A lesson learned Just Desserts Neither an animal, vegetable or mineral Coming from a political family in South Africa (my father was the mayor of Johannesburg) Apartheid forms the back drop. It moves between post Apartheid SA and Los Angeles where I have lived for the past ten years. The book is aimed at abused women, women who live with addicts and who suffer from the belief that having anybody is better than nobody. My second marriage was to the most sought after bachelor in South Africa, the head of the largest media company, a celebrity - he was far too affluent and sophisticated to be an abuser! It was only after he had me up against a wall with his hands around my throat, bit my mouth until it filled with blood and was about to put a cigar out on my cheek that I accepted I was an abused woman. Women who are abused also suffer from relationship addiction where it is not uncommon that we drift from one abuser/addict to another. It was after my third husband that I set out with a fierce determination that it would never happen again. But first I needed answers as to why I fell into the pattern of relationship addiction and attracted the men that I had. And once I found the answers I couldn't wait to share them. I love the concept of women helping women and so wanted women who suffer like I did to know they are not alone. There is no shame too great to bare, behavior too bad to divulge or mistakes too large to remedy. I know because I was the champion of dreadful choices and an expert on how not to do it. This book is an exploration of that journey, of the men that accompanied me and the valuable lessons I learned from all of them
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