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Following a career of over thirty years in the British Army Deb and her husband moved to Cyprus to become weather refugees Deb loves spending time with her husband Allan and rescue dog Sandy She also loves writing keeping fit and socialising and does her best to avoid housework She s written childrens books about Jason the penguin and Barry the reindeer and young adult adult books about dogs the afterlife soldiers and netball players The first book in the Unlikely Soldiers series is set in nineteen seventies Britain The second covers the early eighties and includes the Falklands War service in Northern Ireland and the former West Germany Friends and Revenge is the third in the series and takes a sinister turn of events Following a career of over thirty years in the British Army Deb and her husband moved to Cyprus to become weather refugees Deb loves spending time with her husband Allan and rescue dog Sandy She also loves writing keeping fit and socialising and does her best to avoid housework She s written children s books about Jason the penguin and Barry the reindeer and young adult adult books about dogs the afterlife soldiers and netball players The first book in the Unlikely Soldiers series is set in nineteen seventies Britain The second covers the early eighties and includes the Falklands War service in Northern Ireland and the former West Germany Friends and Revenge is the third in the series and takes a sinister turn of events Court Out A Netball Girls Drama is Deb s latest standalone novel Using netball as an escape from her miserable home life Marsha Lawson is desperate to keep the past buried and to forge a brighter future But she s not the only one with secrets When two players want revenge a tsunami of emotions is released at a tournament leaving destruction in its wake As the wave starts spreading throughout the team can Marsha and the others escape its deadly grasp or will their emotional baggage pull them under with devastating consequences for their families and team mates The Afterlife series was inspired by ants Deb was in the garden contemplating whether to squash an irritating ant or to let it live She wondered whether anyone up there decides the same about us and thus the series was born The Island Dog Squad is a series of novellas inspired by the rescue dog Deb and Allan adopted this March The real Sandy is a sensitive soul not quite like her fictional namesake and the other characters are based on Sandy s real life mates For information visit site_link www. Lamp books on tape com site_link A devastating diagnosis A living nightmare An abundance of love Deb s life in Cyprus was going along just swimmingly a wonderful husband family and friends an adorable dog excellent work life balance and the time to follow her passion for writing Then she found a lump in her breast The nightmare started and everything changed In the blink of an eye her life was on the line and her idyllic future was under threat Everyone is unique and this is Deb s personal story about how she dealt with the brutal treatments her loss of independence her femininity and the changes to her mind body and soul Through it all she tried to be positive and to maintain her sense of humour as she relied on the love and support of her husband family and friends and the care provided by a superb medical team This isn t a self help book or advice about how anyone else should deal with a devastating diagnosis It s simply an account of Deb s life before being diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer the treatments she received how that affected Deb and her husband and how they coped Please note that this story contains lots of triggers and a fair dose of cursing and swearing While some might find it inspiring others who are starting their cancer journey may find it a bit scary The Lump My Cancer StoryThis is Deb s moving account of her journey with breast cancer It s raw honest insightful inspiring She was very fortunate to be in a foreign country that has an amazing health care system Cyprus with dedicated doctors A great family friends support system makes a massive difference in the recovery process Well done Deb all the best for the future. The Lump contemporary dining I received an Advanced Reader Copy from the author I am writing a voluntary honest review Deb McEwan