From the Heart: A Collection of Poems and Stories

by Sue Julsen, Barbara Pack (illustrator)

FROM THE HEART, part of the Bitter Memories series, is a collection of fifteen poems written over the years with short stories included on what inspired each poem.

Kidnapped when I was three years old, living a life of extreme child abuse while struggling to survive, I lived a life no child should ever experience. When my mother dies and I go to live with Mama's brother and his heavy-handed wife, unable to talk to anyone about my feelings, I turned to writing poetry.

In these poems I expose feelings never shared before writing this book.

Please join me for a short walk into the past as you read, or listen to the audiobook narrated by Beth MacEwan.
Cover art/design by Barbara Pack.

Please visit my website to learn about all my books: memoir series, true crime, crime fiction series, and the first in a fantasy series.

http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen

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First published September 17, 2012

About the author

Sue Julsen is a true crime, memoir, and crime fiction author. Most of her books are based on true events from her own life, or from stories shared by her friends.

Sue began her writing career as a means of escape from the emotional scars and repetitive nightmares from her childhood — a life she wouldn't wish on any kid. Because of her childhood, today Sue enjoys the extensive research on most all unsolved cold cases, but writing what she learns is her passion.

If she'd known years ago what she knows today, she could have titled her first book, Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival....My Father Was A Serial Killer.

Certainly not something she'd like to have included on a resume! However, most of her life, from earlier memories after her abduction, she suspected her father had killed numerous women over the years....26 women to be exact.

You can read her full story in the Bitter Memories series. See if you have the same suspicions she had for so many years.

NOTE: Bitter Memories is not for the faint of heart. It contains explicit language and sexual content, but this was her life as she remembers it. With help from nightmares, many pieces of the puzzle were eventually filled in.

Today Sue lives in Nevada with her loving husband and their two dogs. She loves animals (except snakes), the outdoors, reading, and writing.

To learn more about all of her current books and the formats available, go to her website.

http://sj2448.wix.com/suejulsen

Reviews

[Angus · Rating 5 out of 5]

From The Heart: A Collection of Poems and Stories
By Sue Julsen

Native American and European cultures share a method of story telling that is not readily apparent to the casual modern person. Just telling a story, 'just the facts maam', is what we've grown used to because of the hectic pace of life we drive today. It's delightful and relaxing to the mind to receive information in the way Sue delivers it here, a biography interspersed with the poetry she wrote for those occasions. Our ancestors typically did this with songs but poetry works.

This is the way humans should share stories. Though the overall tale is one of abuse, abandonment, addiction and moving beyond those issues I was not overly weighed down after completing it. Excellent work.

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[rsbolton86gmail.com · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Books

I have read all 4 memorie books. They were sad ,heartfelt, and inspiring. I cried and hurt for little girl . God Bless You