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    You're on Your Own: A Mother's Letters on Life to Her Sons
    You're on Your Own: A Mother's Letters on Life to Her Sons
    You're on Your Own: A Mother's Letters on Life to Her Sons
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    You're on Your Own: A Mother's Letters on Life to Her Sons

    By A. J. Drewie

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    The most important job in the world is one of being a great mother. In order to do this, a mother needs to know herself inside and out. This book of letters to her sons on life focuses on just that. Delving into her heart, spirit, soul, and mind, A. J. Drewie has beautifully written 32 letters about knowledge and wisdom that she experienced as she watched the growth and development of her two sons. The process took 25 years. Drewie faced the stigmas of being a divorced single parent and having bipolar illness. Today, she is living a very spiritual life, is happily remarried and is now a grandparent. This small book is a must read for all mothers, those trying to dig their way out of the negative shame of divorce, those suffering from mental illnesses and anyone else who is interested. A. J. Drewie has been through it all.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateMar 29, 2019
    ISBN9781528958295
    You're on Your Own: A Mother's Letters on Life to Her Sons
    Author

    A. J. Drewie

    A. J. Drewie is a university graduate. She has a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) in Biology, a Bachelor of Education degree (B.Ed.), and a Masters of Education degree (M.Ed.). Her background is in teaching elementary school. She is married and has two adult sons. She enjoys water activities, music and nature walks. A. J. Drewie is retired and likes to travel. She is a very spiritual person and this contributes to her positive outlook on life.

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      You're on Your Own - A. J. Drewie

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      About the Author

      A. J. Drewie is a university graduate. She has a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc.) in Biology, a Bachelor of Education degree (B.Ed.), and a Masters of Education degree (M.Ed.). Her background is in teaching elementary school.

      She is married and has two adult sons. She enjoys water activities, music and nature walks. A. J. Drewie is retired and likes to travel. She is a very spiritual person and this contributes to her positive outlook on life.

      Dedication

      To those who have to live with difficult circumstances in

      their life.

      Copyright Information

      Copyright © A. J. Drewie (2019)

      The right of A. J. Drewie to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

      Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

      ISBN 9781528906500 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781528906517 (Hardback)

      ISBN 9781528906524 (Kindle e-book)

      ISBN 9781528958295 (ePub e-book)

      www.austinmacauley.com

      First Published (2019)

      Austin Macauley Publishers Ltd

      25 Canada Square

      Canary Wharf

      London

      E14 5LQ

      Testimonials

      "A young mother diagnosed with a mental disorder, shortly after leaving an abusive marriage, is determined to harness her remaining energies into caring for her children. In her journey of raising her young sons to be responsible, independent and well-balanced adults, who become caring and contributing members of society, she also finds personal healing. She documents her views on a variety of meaningful life topics in a series of letters written over several decades in a style reminiscent of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet. You get a strong sense of her struggles, which she faced and resolved by choosing to live her life by her personal code of love, respect and compassion and with God at the centre. She relates the answers she has found and invites her sons to find their own answers, according to their personal codes, to which she has contributed as mother, friend, spiritual advisor, social director, teacher, mother-in-law and, finally, grandmother."

      — LAM, B. Eng.

      "We all need a mother like A. J. Drewie to counsel us! These letters by the author to her sons are replete with nuggets of timeless wisdom, drawn from personal experience and offered in a down-to-earth language, covering a gamut of topics from sexuality to dementia to worship. Throughout, ‘Mom’ is open about her regrets and flaws as a parent, but what really shines through is her love for and devotion to

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