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Waiting at the Gate: A Memoir
At the age of five, after years of abuse, and just months after the death of her father, Robyn was sent on a ‘holiday’ and was never returned to her family. She waited at the gate for her mother to return but it soon dawned on her that her family was not coming to get her. This is Robyn’s story. From humble and sometimes horrific beginnings Robyn became one of Australia’s leading fashion and textile designers and an accomplished artist. In Waiting at the Gate Robyn transforms her life in front of the reader’s eyes and comes back from the brink of suicide to build a happy and successful life.
234 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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January 26, 2018
Robyn tells her life story in this book. I wouldn't say that she tells it extremely well, but considering the life she led, it may have been the best she could do.
She had a horrific early childhood, it's true. Then she spent many years in a foster home with a very loving couple. Despite their best efforts, as a teenager and young adult, she made choices that created chaos and pain in her life, and the lives of her three children. Her story is a roller coaster of her emotions and the resulting, usually terribly damaging, decisions she made.
I would have enjoyed her life story more if it had been written as a biography, by a talented author. As it was, it read like a constant litany of her alternately trying to get a grip on herself, and then throwing it all way again. Up and down, up and down. Over, and over. But if you have an interest in Robyn's viewpoint on her life, then you may enjoy the book a bit more than I did.
Thankfully, she did manage to sort herself out a bit later in life, and has become an artist, and fashion designer. I sincerely hope that the remaining years are good ones for her.
2 Stars = Blah. It didn't do anything for me.
She had a horrific early childhood, it's true. Then she spent many years in a foster home with a very loving couple. Despite their best efforts, as a teenager and young adult, she made choices that created chaos and pain in her life, and the lives of her three children. Her story is a roller coaster of her emotions and the resulting, usually terribly damaging, decisions she made.
I would have enjoyed her life story more if it had been written as a biography, by a talented author. As it was, it read like a constant litany of her alternately trying to get a grip on herself, and then throwing it all way again. Up and down, up and down. Over, and over. But if you have an interest in Robyn's viewpoint on her life, then you may enjoy the book a bit more than I did.
Thankfully, she did manage to sort herself out a bit later in life, and has become an artist, and fashion designer. I sincerely hope that the remaining years are good ones for her.
2 Stars = Blah. It didn't do anything for me.
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