Maureen Carter presents Ten Pounds for Paradise

This memoir is a story of migration, family tragedy, resilience, humour, and finding ‎peace and fulfilment in the natural world.‎

The eldest of four children from a working-class family living in a sleepy corner of South ‎Wales, Maureen experiences the death of her mother and the shock of life with a new stepmother, ‎who was emotionally ill-equipped to deal with four grieving children.‎

The family then travel to Australia to follow her father's dream of living in “paradise”. Maureen writes with candour about her difficult childhood and adolescence, as ‎well as life in Wales and her new home, as she grows up, marries and eventually takes charge ‎of her own life.‎

Maureen Carter is a first-time author who has lived most of her life in Sydney, with many years experience in public speaking and leading bush walks in the Royal National Park and other local beautiful areas.

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