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Marisa Parker
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Goodbye to Italia
Biographies & Memoirs
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A Goal; A Reason for Being?
I work with authors to help them realise their publishing dream. Just this week, one author—a single mum—was in tears. She keeps postponing her manuscript deadline due to work and her pre-teen son’s needs. Time out for her writing comes in third. My advice? Schedule three hours a week just for writing: include it in the week’s timetable and adhere to it just like other tasks. Because, this is about creative expression and setting and achieving goals. Our mental health is involved here; and, we must take steps to protect that before a tipping point is reached. This was what my father tried to do when he was in the POW camps in WW2; having a purpose and acting on it gives us a goal, a reason for being.
Book Excerpt
Goodbye to Italia
I am also making a concerted effort to learn a few English words from the British soldiers. ‘Voglio mettermi d’accordo con qualche inglese. I want to put myself in the good books with the English,’ I tell my friends when asked.
‘Why? They don’t care about us. What about those two suicides? They left the bodies in the tent to stink a whole day until we got home that night to bury them. People will wonder why you are being friendly with the enemy.’
It is sad about the suicides. Some people just cannot cope with life in this camp. It is like all the happiness we ever had is being drained from our bodies day by day until we will just be emotionless automatons. But I am not one to give in or be overcome.
‘It will be useful for me to learn English and hopefully, the British will keep me informed of things happening outside of this place.’ My friends, however, are dubious.
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