Tricia Cook was born in Hull, Yorkshire, before World War II, studied nursing, married, and immigrated to Canada with her husband and three children.<\/p>\n
Writing poetry helped her survive the rigours of life in northern British Columbia, before she moved to Metro Vancouver. There she worked, got further healthcare training, divorced and eventually remarried. Forced to retire because of a disability, she went on to take courses and to volunteer in hospice and arthritis care for thirty years, often acting as a counsellor. When she found out her younger sister had also been abused, she knew she had to tell others to speak up.<\/p>\n
After moving to Vancouver Island, she started typing this revealing memoir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Her abusive father and controlling mother hampered Tricia Cook but did not prevent her from accomplishing a lot in life. A stressful childhood in Yorkshire, with bombing, rationing and often being shut up in a cupboard, was followed by nursing school, marriage and children.Then came emigration – surviving the cold of northern Canada \u2014 before moving to the Vancouver area, where she worked in extended health care. When her back gave out, she experienced the fate of a disabled worker. Forced to retire, she took courses and volunteered for decades in hospice and arthritis care, ultimately becoming a counsellor. After group psychology and finding out her younger sister had also been abused, she knew she had to warn others to speak up.<\/p>\n
ISBN: 9781926991986 (paperback). $19.95 CDN, $17.95 USD. Available locally, or via Indigo-Chapters<\/span><\/a>, or Amazon<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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