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As Black from White Review
As black from white by Sally Graham. Seaview Press, 2007 pb 108p $20
Interposed between a happy childhood (with bedtime prayers and teddy bears) and the happy photo of a forty year-old bride are years filled with more horrific experiences than most readers could imagine. – as different as black is from white. There are descriptions of poverty and squatting, binge drinking and alcoholism, promiscuity and rape, broken trust and abusive relationships, transvestites and homosexuals, and drug taking, trafficking and dealing. Suicide, car accidents, gambling, attempted murder, overdosing, abortion, and jail time add to the mix, making it seem more like fiction than a biography set in suburban Adelaide. The author’s gritty efforts to turn her life around and to live as a Christian are enervating and uplifting. This amazing life story is short but makes for compelling reading. Visit the author’s website at www.asblackfromwhite.com . NS
AS BLACK FROM WHITE
Sally Graham
Seaview Press
Sally Graham was born into a nurturing family where she enjoyed all the privileges of an only child. Her happy life goes into a rapid decline in her mid-teens when she stepped onto a slippery downhill slide into the sleazy world of sex, alcohol, drugs and finally prison. Her world in the 1980s was anything but pretty.
God meets her at her place of greatest need and Sally begins the slow and painful journey back to a place of security and love.
Sally tells her own easy-to-read story in As Black from White. She is a miracle of God’s grace and an inspiration and role model to all who want to break from the drug, alcohol and sex scene.
AS BLACK FROM WHITE
Sally Graham
Seaview Press
Sally’s story is that of a modern-day prodigal child. She left a loving, supportive home and drifted into a life of drug and alcohol abuse. For a long time she excused her behaviour, not even considering it that destructive when she ended up in gaol. However, the slide continued downward until she found herself crying out to a God she didn’t believe in, begging him for help. This is a woeful tale of degradation, but also a marvellous example of God’s great mercy and saving power. Anyone who knows someone as lost as Sally will be encouraged to persevere in prayer and never give up hope. WN
AS BLACK FROM WHITE
Sally Graham
Seaview Press
Interposed between a happy childhood (with bedtime prayers and teddy bears) and the happy photo of a forty year-old bride are years filled with more horrific experiences than most readers could imagine. – as different as black is from white. There are descriptions of poverty and squatting, binge drinking and alcoholism, promiscuity and rape, broken trust and abusive relationships, transvestites and homosexuals, and drug taking, trafficking and dealing. Suicide, car accidents, gambling, attempted murder, overdosing, abortion, and jail time add to the mix, making it seem more like fiction than a biography set in suburban Adelaide. The author’s gritty efforts to turn her life around and to live as a Christian are enervating and uplifting. This amazing life story is short but makes for compelling reading. Visit the author’s website at www.asblackfromwhite.com .
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