Kate Townsend

She was a war baby in every sense! Kate`s story, from her birth in a bombed-out London to grandparenthood in the new millennium, is a heart-wrenching saga of marriage, mishaps and motherhood, and includes a wonderfully told account of her parents` courtship in the 1900s, learnt at her loving mother`s knee. But the war outside Kate was reflected on the inside. She grew up unloved by her father and resented by her sister and, looking for an escape route, she turned to the wrong men for affection. Kate`s rejection and inner turmoil lead her to Al-Anon and a life-changing twelve-step programme of self-awareness and mental cleansing. The Price of Wisdom is a stark refutation of the phrase `happily ever after`, and it makes tough reading. Only...