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About the Author:
Born
in Canada in 1946, I joined the ranks of that hip, happening,
me-generation called the "baby -boomers". My parents
were certainly surprised by my arrival, since they believed their
baby-making days were over. I immediately proceeded to make sure
the household of older siblings and parents revolved around me.
The early experience fed my life-long urge to be the centre of
attention. What better way to indulge this need than to become a
teacher. I graduated with a B.E.D. in 1968 and taught high school
biology in Montreal for 3 years. In the meantime I met a handsome
Australian in a Montreal pub and ended up marrying him in
Singapore in 1972. In 1974 we came to Sydney and by 1976, we had 3
children, Ryan, Kylie and Michael. In 1979 we discovered the
dynamic community at St Anthony's and promptly joined a Family
Group (as well as 100 other parish committees.)
I
returned to teaching high school at Mater Maria College in Sydney
in the early 80's. I then did further study in communication and
proceeded to lecture at the University of Technology as well as
run my own communication consultancy. In 1990, I decided to
combine my interest in Family Groups with further study, hence
this book.
Graham
(the handsome Australian) and I moved to London in early 1996 and
are soaking up the good life here as "empty-nesters". So
far this is my favourite place in the whole world. We even helped
Peter McGrath reverse the colonisation progress by setting up
Family Groups in the parish of St Joseph's Highgate in North
London. Here, as in many parishes, people are impressed by the
simplicity and naturalness of Family Groups. - that "it's so
simple, why didn't we think of it before" reaction. Hopefully
this book will illustrate this simplicity while reminding readers
of the challenges of building loving communities.
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