Secret Letters to My Psychiatrist

My book Secret Letters to My Psychiatrist is a modern play on the story of Scheherazade. In the tales of The Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade--well educated and well read--tells the sultan of India a story every night beginning on their wedding night. She stops halfway through an exciting tale, and the sultan spares her life until she can finish the tale the next night. He spares her life for 1,001 nights. My psychiatrist calls me a modern-day Scheherazade. Each tale that I told him sprouted into a chapter in this book.Of all the characters in The Thousand and One Nights, my book favors Sinbad the Sailor, one of the heroes who is continually fighting circumstances and lives to fight another day. I, too, am like Sinbad, rising above circumstances and finding peace only for a while, then onto another adventure. People who know me say I am a very surprising person and that I am unbeatable. The stories cover many ordinary life events relating to jobs, and speeches I have made. The stories range from temp assignments, to visits to a tearoom, to a Father's Day tribute, to notes on the historic Storm of the Century.All light entertainment, an enjoyable read for some respite from daily life, my book is about overcoming obstacles. My book is a slice of life.

by Nanette A Kenrick

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