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The Sitting Swing
Irene Watson's pretentious life could go no further until she faced her past. Her moving and inspiring memoir begins at the end, in a recovery center, where she has gone to understand a childhood fraught with abuse, guilt and uncertainty. Her powerful story is a testament that it’s never too late to change your life, never too late to heal.
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Loving Healing Press
978-1-932690-67-5
$19.95
Irene Watson's pretentious life could go no further until she faced her past. Her moving and inspiring memoir begins at the end, in a recovery center, where she has gone to understand a childhood fraught with abuse, guilt and uncertainty. Her powerful story is a testament that it’s never too late to change your life, never too late to heal.
The Sitting Swing shows us how guilt, fear and ignorance are borne by our children. Two distinct parts of the book look at an abusive child rearing and the process of recovery that takes place years later. On many levels this is a classic story showing us that change, growth, forgiveness and recovery are possible. It is also a heart warming healing story and a testament to the strength and courage of the human spirit. In the end it gives hope and freedom to those that accept the past and move forward by rewriting life scripts that have been passed down for generations.
Irene Watson holds a Masters Degree in Psychology, with honors, from Regis University in Denver, CO. Her emphasis was spirituality and psychosynthesis. Irene’s life has taken her on many paths, with breakthrough results and exemplar growth, to find her authentic and true self. She has designed and facilitated workshops and retreats throughout the United States and Canada. At present she is the Managing Editor of her book review and author publicity company, Reader Views. She lives with her husband on the banks of Barton Creek in Austin, Texas along with their Pomeranian, Tafton, a rescued cat Patches, and a rescued cockatiel Clement.
Testimonials
Independent Publisher Book Award - Honorable Mention, Best Regional
Brave and inspiring, full of heartbreak and hope, The Sitting Swing by Irene Watson is an astoundingly honest account of a young woman addressing a commonly overlooked addiction. Forewarned: like me, you may recognize yourself on practically every page!
-Barbara Robinette Moss, author of Change Me into Zeus's Daughter and Fierce.
In The Sitting Swing, Irene Watson poignantly tells her story of two parallel worlds—the fractured transition of Ukrainian speaking immigrants moving West superimposed on the pain of a small confused girl seeking transformation from her own cold loneliness. But the real story is in the courage of that small girl to look directly into the video camera and seize her own life. The Sitting Swing takes us on Irene’s journey from a angry mother admonishing Irene not to sing to a woman freeing herself to sing her life. This book guides us through the 20th Century revolution of the immigrant seeking sustenance and refuge to the awakening of the individual seeking internal sustenance and peace. Irene Watson is no longer in hiding.
-Stan Biderman, author of Everything Changes
The Sitting Swing is an inspiring story. Readers will empathize with Irene, and they will be motivated to begin their own spiritual journeys of recovery. While the path is not easy, Irene is proof that serenity is achievable. More than anything, readers will be impressed with Irene Watson’s honest voice and her straightforward colloquial writing style that makes us realize we are a lot like her, and consequently, if she could recover from her past, then anything is possible for us as well.
-Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of The Marquette Trilogy, and, Iron Pioneers
While The Sitting Swing is quite clearly a work of non-fiction, although reading it I found it to have the "feel" of an attention-grabbing novel, as Ms. Watson quickly drew me into her story and kept me riveted to it until the very end. There is no question in my mind that any person seriously interested in healing longstanding emotional wounds would benefit from reading this inspiring and thought-provoking book.
-Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified
The Sitting Swing is Irene Watson's compelling story of trying to understand her childhood. The author opens her thoughts to the reader almost as if she wants them to help her understand her childhood also. The book is a very interesting read. As the author states, it was very difficult to write this book and relive the past. The reader will do some deep thinking after reading Irene's story and see the courage it took for her to write this book. Irene's main purpose in writing this book is to inspire others to make changes in their lives. She has done an excellent job that will serve as an inspirational guide to many others who are trying to do the same thing in their lives.
-Nancy Eaton, Best Sellers World
The book relates of heart wrenching moment when even in the face of danger, the author was not helped by the woman whose very role was to protect her and keep her from harm's way. It's about both letting go and going on in life. The book is cleverly marked with light hearted instances that help keep readers riveted, such as the author as a girl trying to cough up a child, since that's how she was told babies are born. An interesting memoir, that will keep you riveted throughout. The author has a clear, easy flowing style that's almost conversational and allows readers to connect almost from the start.
-Shaila Abdullah, author of Beyond the Cayenne Wall
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