Böcker av Kathy Farmer

Now in her 90th year Kathy's book contains compelling fragments of her life. Her story vividly chronicles so many aspects of her amazing and varied life across the years - from being a WW2 child evacuee with her twin brother, her first job after leaving school and her first fascinating boyfriends. "e;Fragments"e; relates how her parents forced decisions upon her which she regretted at the time. The book explains how Kathy came to meet John - her first husband, and their long marriage of 48 years until his death. Kathy speaks about her exciting experiences as a singer and actress on the amateur stage in the Midlands. In her mid years we learn how Kathy became drawn to the Christian faith, and how she became a Reader in the Anglican Church, where for many years she preached and ministered in the country churches along Offa's Dyke. The story allows us to appreciate how keen a horsewoman she was and how Kathy was steeped in country lore. Finally Kathy tells how it is possible to live once again after facing the traumatic loss of her first husband.

Rachel, recently widowed and living in a remote farmhouse on Offas Dyke in Wales, seeks to find a place on a map. She is curious as to why it is called the Ragged Kingdom. But she is also seeking to be healed from a long-ago barely-remembered experience that partly eludes her because of the threat of mental breakdown. The incomers that she meets, like herself, also seem to have a somewhat irregular background that they find hard to come to terms with. Is this why they are all living in wild, lonely places, seeking anonymity? Unexpectedly, Rachel is quite literally forced to come face-to-face with all the emotions of loss, hate, and bitterness that she had long ago buried. Will she find forgiveness, healing, and love in the one person who matters?