Across a Sea of Troubles: A memoir of illness, loss and recovery

by Jennifer Barraclough

In September 2015, Jennifer Barraclough’s husband collapsed from a heart attack and almost died. While this event was devastating enough, it proved to be only the first of a whole series of medical and surgical emergencies affecting her family and herself over the next four months. The first part of this short memoir tells the story of what happened. The second more theoretical part contains reflections on various topics, weaving together Jennifer’s professional experience in orthodox medicine and holistic healing with her perspective as a patient and relative. Across a Sea of Troubles will be of value to readers coping with illness, especially cardiovascular disease, and those with an interest in the mind-body connection.

68 pages, Paperback

Published February 19, 2017

About the author

My first career was in orthodox medicine. I worked in the hospital specialties of cancer care and general psychiatry, and spent some time in rural general practice. From 1991-2000 I held the post of Consultant in Psychological Medicine at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England. I published a number of medical books and research papers. Then I moved to Auckland with my New Zealand-born husband, and trained as a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner and Life Coach. Writing is now my main pursuit, with several books on holistic healing and natural therapies, three short novels and another on the way. I also edited my uncle's memoir 'Geoffrey Guy's War: Memoirs of a Spitfire Pilot'. Other interests are choral singing and animal welfare.