The Bean Patch: A Memoir

Memoir of Shirley Painter, a woman who suffered violent abuse at the hands of her father. Recounts how as a four year old her father abused her so badly she was pronounced dead and how she survived growing up in a volatile household to become an excelling student, school teacher and mother of daughters. Relates how as a mature women she came face to face with what happened to her as a child and how only after dealing with those memories she could move on. Author who lives in St Kilda is an active community member.