fiction / literary

The Sarah Wainwright Story

Extraordinary Episodes in the Life of an Ordinary Woman

by Jean Wild

Published by Authorhouse

This tale of a life lived in extraordinary episodes is an absorbing narrative. The vitality and immediacy of the writing of Jean Wild brings forth the desperation of an ordinary woman caught in the myth of happy ever after.

It is a story of the generation of the 60's women who didn't discover Marilyn French and Simone de Beauvoir until their late thirties and had lives based on Victorian values of shame and control. The sinister power of the domestic violence to silence and bind women, is told well; and as the reader, you could be in the chair waiting too.

This is the powerful story of a birth mother who had no choice and learnt to forget the gaping wound, but then found the strength to find a way out of the madness of her life. The carelessness of the caring professions is told well.

Ultimately this is a tale of hope and resolution as Sarah finds her own peace in her own way and as the reader I was glad for her. An engaging read in one sitting it moved me to tears of joy and sorrow. A book for all women, whatever their age and circumstances, the lessons are universal.