MULTIPLE SCHLEROSIS – SMILING & HURTING by Dorothy M. Mitchell is published

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 1, 2012 -- Born in a small Yorkshire village just before the Second World War, Dorothy remembers vividly being in the air raid shelter as enemy bombs rained down on nearby Bradford and Leeds, the night sky red from fires burning below in the cities and the sound of aircraft above very frightening.

She started work in a cotton mill at the age of fourteen before moving to Evesham in Worcestershire at the age of sixteen with her parents. She maried at eighteen, has two sons and seven grandchildren.

Dorothy was diognosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of thirty seven, suffering many relapse and a few near nervous breakdowns.

About the Author:

Dorothy first published novel was The Willerby Grange Secret. Since then, she has published two children's stories, poetry books and two further novels drawing on her experiences in life and writing in a similar vein to Catherine Cookson and Maeve Binchy. Dorothy is currently working on her next novel which is entitled Abigail Beaumont.

Excerpt from the book:

“The train arrived at VICTORIA STATION. The journey had been exciting but I think I was still in shock. This was a foreign place to us. I remember walking in front of Mum along the noisy platform. I was sixteen years old at the time, Brian was fourteen and Sandra was eleven. I had left the cotton mill. Probably it was the best thing. If I had stayed in Yorkshire it would more than likely have been my lifetime’s work for as I mentioned before, most of the older women who had worked in the mill for years were as deaf as posts. That would have no doubt been my fate.
Dad came out of smoke and the people milling around the platform. He put his arms around me. I noticed Mum hanging back. Brian and Sandra rushed to Dad’s side. We had all missed him terribly. His words to me gave me a shock “I don’t know what your mother thinks she’s playing at?” I remember feeling awkward. What did he mean? I don’t think my brother and sister heard what he said. They were just happy to see Dad. He went towards Mum took the case she was carrying and said something but he didn’t kiss her. I was beginning to feel a bit scared, this wasn’t right.”

MULTIPLE SCHLEROSIS – SMILING AND HURTING can be ordered from Chipmunka Publishing at:

http://chipmunkapublishing.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2085

and from Amazon.co.uk at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Multiple-Sclerosis-Smiling-Dorothy-Mitchell/dp/1849917256/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1327578754&sr=8-4

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