Graffiti on My Soul

"When my mother died, my father let his yard go to rack and ruin. Two years later he picked up a shovel to remove a climbing rose that had died with Mom and had been an anniversary gift Mom and Dad gave each other. To his surprise, he found a single leaf on the barren stem, and so he let it be. It soon flourished again and he was amazed to find a single rose growing out of the heart of another rose." Graffiti on My Soul is a memoir by Johanna, a retired clinical psychologist. It is a touching portrait of a Canadian mother of five, who at age 17, became a nun. Born on the cusp of World War II, Joanna's life took many twists and turns. Her story stretches across Canada and includes her marriage that led to "days of horror." She writes: "Was she a psychopath or possessed? She was our relative, but she had harnessed all the powers of hell and the legal system to destroy us." "Without a doubt this is an impassioned work; beautiful and touching, inspired and faith filled." - John J. Cleary, Liguori Publications "I cried the whole way through. I could not put it down. It says all the things I would have wanted to tell my children." - Bonnie Evoy "Transports you like a swift, sometimes fearsome current, depositing you breathless and inspired." - Candis McLean, author and journalist "That you could have survived everything that you did gives me hope for my own life." - Linda Little Publisher's website: http: //www.eloquentbooks.com/GraffitiOnMySoul.html