Fit for a Purpose
Fit for a Purpose
Author(s):
Diana Gruffydd Williams
Publication Date: 13 July, 2018
Available in all formats
Publisher: The Books Council of Wales
ISBN: 9781784616366
ISBN: 9781784616366
Price: INR 564.99
Description
Table of contents
Diana Gruffydd Williams, whose teaching career was short-lived and interrupted by serious health problems, including prolonged hospitalisation for psychiatric illnesses and serious accidents, recalls her life in this open and frank autobiography. 40 images.
Description
Diana Gruffydd Williams, whose teaching career was short-lived and interrupted by serious health problems, including prolonged hospitalisation for psychiatric illnesses and serious accidents, recalls her life in this open and frank autobiography. 40 images.
Table of contents
- Preface
- 1 – War Wounds
- 2 – Exile
- 3 – Not the Teacher’s Pet
- 4 – Holidays in Aberdare
- 5 – Cameo Memories of Data
- 6 – A Shy Child in a New School
- 7 – The King Dies
- 8 – Joy and Sadness in Aberdare
- 9 – Katie Kangaroo – and others
- 10 – A New House, Data
- 11 – Daddy Bom’s Cough
- 12 – Data Comes and Goes
- 13 – The Postman Cycled Past
- 14 – Aberdare but Goodwick too
- 15 – ‘Arglwydd Iesu’
- 16 – Coffee Bars and Justice
- 17 – A Fiery Celt
- 18 – A Mustard-Coloured Coat
- 19 – Hospital, a Violation
- 20 – St David’s Again
- 21 – Fallow Field
- 22 – Ballet, a Tracheotomy
- 23 – Escapades
- 24 – A New Start in Wales
- 25 – Teething Problems, Nana
- 26 – A Devastating Loss
- 27 – Born a Cripple?
- 28 – What did my GP say?
- 29 – ‘Watch and Pray’
- 30 – A Channel
- 31 – St Ignatius of Loyola
- 32 – Laying on of Hands
- 33 – A Glimpse of Heaven
- 34 – Abercynon, the Old Man’s Funeral
- 35 – A Wedding, Cyprus
- 36 – Farewells, Welcome
- 37 – Losses, a Gain
- 38 – My People’s Pilgrimage
- 39 – Bitter Winds and a Gift
- 40 – Fit for a Purpose
- 41 – Listening, Learning, Waiting
- Acknowledgements
- Images