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'Conversations with Teddy' is an important story. Confronting in its subject matter, this story of child abuse is made even more poignant by it being told through the innocent eyes of a child. It's a story pregnant with seeming contradictions- a story about parental betrayal; about giving voice to the unspeakable; about the importance of facing our demons in order to be free of them; and, perhaps more significantly of all, about the loss-and reclaiming- of innocence. Brigitte Rieger, English Teacher. |
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The relationship between a mother and daughter is often complicated, fraught with frustration as much as it is fortified by love; the relationship between Shirley May and her mother was exceptionally so. In her memoir 'Conversations with Teddy' Shirley May a writer, teacher and musician shares her story of struggling to understand her mother and thereby learns to accept herself. Marten Hopner, Counselor. |
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Thanks for listening Teddy If Shirley’s teddy bear could talk, it would have a lot to say. Teddy has been a significant constant in Shirley’s life, and is now the muse of her autobiography due for release shortly. ... writing her life story has been an exercise in self-exposure, forcing her to revisit areas of her past that had been hidden away and facing them again with nothing but pure honesty. Tracey Fairhurst, Port Macquarie News |
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“A painful but wonderfully written memoir represents a genuine triumph of the human spirit is told with remarkable wit, compassion, and courage." Sue Allen, conselor |
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Conversations with Teddy is emotionally powerful, educational and entertaining. Commendation is due for the narrator's voice and tone: not a poor me tone, but a factual, 'I have survived' tone, laced with an underlying sarcastic humor. As painful as it was to read of the sadism this little girl and her sister were subjected to, I simply could not put the book down. I actually cracked up in places, because the humor reveals the ridiculousness of adults bullying a small child. This book can be therapeutic to those who are in the proper healing stages of recovery. Sam Coulter, accountant |
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child abuse isn't usually committed in a fit of rage, or for disciplinary
purposes. I believe it's recreational abuse when parents, or other
caretakers, abuse children for fun.
Trena Cole, author of Charred Souls, A Story of Recreational Child Abuse and Splintered Emotions, Aftermath of Child Abuse. |
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Interview with Shirley May by Amanda Erskine 2008 Interview with Shirley May by Elizabeth Crawford 2008 Evening interview with Shirley May by Elizabeth Crawford 2008 |
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