God…You Took Me By The Hand…
How I fought cancer and won
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About the Book
The story tells of my life as an actress and writer. It delves back into my family history and describes the individual family members. My colleagues, whom I have asked to read this book, said they couldn't put it down. Well, this is all well and good but a miracle happened to me which I found both wonderful and frightening. I was writing about it in tears and found it tremendously hard-going and, at the same time, uplifting.
One of my biggest problems was that I wouldn't be believed when it came to telling my story but it really did happen and changed the course of my life completely. I became a different person, more thoughtful, loving and kind. My faith in God became very precious to me and has sustained me up to the present day.
About the Author
Jean is a 73 year old retired actress living on the South Coast and a writer of over forty years' experience. She began her acting career at the age of six, appearing in several films including "Hue and Cry", "The Lavender Hill Mob" and "The Ladykillers" and in various theatrical productions in the Hampshire area. In 1957, Jean was the Assistant Stage Manager for a production of "The Long and the Short and the Tall" at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. Jean was forced to retire from the acting profession in 1962 owing to ill health. She then began a new career as a writer and has been writing now for over 40 years.
She developed breast cancer in 1983 and then the cancer moved to her spine. She is now confined to a wheelchair - due to osteoarthritis her feet have gradually become deformed and now she can only hobble around on crutches, which she is encouraged to do because of the exercise it gives her.
She has been out of the mainstream of life for a while and hasn't had anything published for seven years and that was only poetry. But she hasn't been idle as she's written two novels, two books of poetry and monologues,this autobiography and another book that she's working on at the moment. She's also got two more books lined up to be written.