This book is a replay of my life, my pain, and how God saved me inspite of myself. This is the sorted details of a life hell bent on self-destruction and how I almost succeeded in not only destroying my life but the lives of my children. This book is meant to give hope and strength to those in recovery, and those who continue to struggle with addiction. And most of all it is meant to give strength to the children of addicts and alcoholics that have lost all hope. God can God WILL. HE IS FAITHFUL.
Marilyn Taylor was born and educated in England, and has an economics degree from London University. She was a school librarian in a Dublin secondary school for 16 years and a college librarian.
Her first novels for young adults were the Jackie and Kev trilogy, Could This Be Love, I Wondered? (1994), Could I Love a Stranger? and Call Yourself a Friend?.
Faraway Home was a new departure for Marilyn, having a strong historical basis and being set in Northern Ireland during the Second World War. It won the prestigious Bisto Book of the Year Award and was followed by 17 Martin Street, set in Dublin during The Emergency (as the Second World War was knows in Ireland). Both have been hugely popular with schools throughout Ireland and beyond.