R&r: letting life happen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781482078077)

Jacquelynne Garner was born in San Diego, California.She has degrees in English Literature and Creative Art from UC Berkeley and a J.D. from University of San Diego Law School. She left the Bay Area ("center of the universe at the time") for a life around the world, from London and Amsterdam to Morocco, the Middle East, India and Nepal, and has spent considerable time throughout Europe, North Africa, Canada and Mexico. She now lives in Baja California, Mexico. In her life, work and travel she has published and has also exhibited and sold her art. She writes in many genres and works in many media, including silk painting and sculpture, "drift plastic" and other original sculptural material. She is probably best known for her line drawings of body and soul in space. The author has had a lifetime (and a career as an attorney) to observe and work with individuals suffering from Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition affecting people exposed to prolonged abuse from authority figures, including family and parents, kidnappers, hostage-takers, concentration camp keepers, terrorist governments, and organized criminals. The symptoms of such abuse are explored in this book, as well as how to overcome them, which often must take place on a daily basis. Jacquelynne is also an astrologer. She sings and dances and lives with an assortment of animals. Contact her at Jackigarner@hotmail.com