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course participants for readings and signings
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family doctors, family medicine educators, nurses, family medical
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Karen E. Lee grew up in rural Southern Ontario, Canada, and is a retired clinical psychologist and management consultant. She has lived in Canada, England, and Hawaii. She received an undergraduate degree in 1970 in anthropology, worked in exploration geology in Toronto and Calgary, and in 1991 became a chartered psychologist in Alberta. She moved to England in 1995, where she lived and worked as an independent management consultant for ten years. Her consulting work and general interest have taken her to many different countries: the British Isles, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech republic, Greece, Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria, Turkey, Peru, Nigeria, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Today, she helps her husband, Bill, in his jewelry business, volunteers for political concerns, and is on the board of Peer Support Services for Abused Women (PSSAW). She and her husband live in Calgary, Alberta.
2017 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite in Relationships
2017 Chanticleer, Journey 2017 Award Shortlist in Narrative
Nonfiction
2017 Readers' Favorite Silver Winner
2017 Book Excellence Award Finalist
2017 International Book Awards Finalist in Best New Non-Fiction
2017 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite in Women's
Issues
2017 Best Book Award Finalist in Women's Issues
2016 Next Gen Indie Awards Finalist in Women's Issues
"The Full Catastrophe is a thought-provoking story that gives a
brutally honest view on self-resurrection.”
—PopSugar
“The perfect mix of a psychological study paired with inspirational
self-help."
—Redbook
“A book you’ll definitely want to read this Spring.”
— The Berry
“Lee’s memoir is part Jungian philosophy, part dream analysis, and
all-around compellingly true story about a woman’s ability to heal
and resurrect her life after the death of her abusive husband.”
— Inside Chic
“Honest and raw with an empowering message for women who are in
abusive relationships of any kind.” —San Francisco Book Review
"[The Full Catastrophe] will have you wanting to start your own
dream journal as you follow Ms. Lee on her journey!”
— Buzzfeed
“[Lee] became a strong woman by overcoming what she went through
and not letting it hold her back.”
— Crossroad Reviews, 5 star review
"Written in retrospect, Lee's plight may help other women in
similar marriages find the strength to leave a toxic
relationship.”
— Kathy Nester, Penny for My Thoughts
“For those who are willing to learn, to grow, to look at themselves
and to (at least try) to change where necessary, astrology can be
extremely valuable, even in its simplified, sun-sign form. I’d like
to say that those amazing coincidences between Karen’s life and the
readings I gave her are entirely proof of astrology’s
veracity.”
—Jonathan Cainer, astrologer, Daily Mail
“Karen Lee has laid bare the isolating reality of living in an
abusive relationship. Her experience of feeling conflicted about
wanting a loving connection with Duncan, while at the same time
recognizing the unhealthy nature of her relationship, is a common
experience for women in abusive relationships. This book also sheds
light on ‘upscale domestic violence’—an insidious, misunderstood,
and often not talked about situation that happens to women who
appear to have financial and social resources. I applaud and am
grateful to Karen for writing this book and sharing her experience.
It will help other women experiencing domestic violence and will
help all of us to support victims of domestic violence, whatever
their socioeconomic background.”
—Andrea Silverstone, Executive Director of Peer Support Services
for Abused Women
“A beautifully written, frank, thought-provoking portrayal of a
difficult and at times harrowing journey through uncertainty, fear,
and abuse. This honest and courageous self-reflection will lead
readers to re-think and re-examine their assumptions and beliefs
about their own life stories.”
—Dr. N. Ogden, PhD, Professor, Mount Royal University, and
Co-Director, Centre for Child Well-Being
“Captivating and often profound, Lee’s The Full Catastrophe
eloquently expresses the complex journey of her marriage to a
larger-than-life, charming, yet violent man who dies before she’s
ready to let him go. Wise and full of gorgeous detail, this is a
brave, self-aware, and compulsively readable memoir. In it, Lee has
done something rare: she’s told her story with an unflinching eye
to her own accountability and with a depth of hard-earned
wisdom.”
—Lauren Carter, author of Swarm
“The Full Catastrophe conveys the story of a person who overcame
serious adversity of an invisible kind, and not only was able to
recover, but also to gain from the ordeal. Through the lines of
this book the authentic voice emerges of the unutterable suffering,
of the resilience and of the inspirational transformation. A unique
document of the indomitable human spirit.”
—Renos Papadopoulos PhD, Jungian Analyst, Prof. Analytical
Psychology, Univ. of Essex.
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