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.
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
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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.
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